Cucumber Reports (no 3760) - Feature: Tails persistence

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	3760	29 Mar 2025, 13:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Tails persistence	155	1	1	0	0	157	20	1	21	47:26.221	Failed

Tags: @product

5:20.701

Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:37.229

And I update APT using apt 3:14.514

And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.262

Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.695

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

51.550

Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.953

When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 29.214

Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.560

And persistence is disabled 0.364

But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.457

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

3:41.487

Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.832

Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.504

When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.430

And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.812

Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.889

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.555

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:42.032

Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.362

And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product

1:10.055

Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage when system is low on memory

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.671

And the system is very low on memory 3.988

When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.723

When I try to create a persistent partition 32.111

Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.507

When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.710

And I free up some memory 3.863

And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.211

Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

3:13.110

Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.011

Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.566

And all tps features are active 2.485

And all persistent directories have safe access rights 4.791

When I disable the first tps feature 7.155

Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.509

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.948

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.196

Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.445

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product

27.702

Scenario Activating and deactivating Persistent Storage features

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.724

Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.235

And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087

Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080

When I disable the first tps feature 6.314

Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.182

And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.088

When I enable the first tps feature 3.816

Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107

And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

21.484

Scenario Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.607

Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.242

When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150

And I disable the first tps feature 6.634

And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.792

Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

1:13.244

Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.146

And the network is plugged 0.087

And Tor is ready 24.267

And I take note of which tps features are available 0.823

When I write some files expected to persist 1.701

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.937

# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?

Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 25.280

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

3:17.416

Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.641

And the network is plugged 0.106

And Tor is ready 24.496

And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.207

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.476

Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.272

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.073

And Tor is ready 19.402

And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419

And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087

And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.223

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.136

Tags: @product

1:9.361

Scenario Creating persistence from the Welcome Screen

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.036

And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.142

And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.168

Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.013

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

4:51.611

Scenario Persistent Greeter options

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.662

When I enable persistence 43.773

Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.737

When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.191

And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.313

Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 3.040

When I cold reboot the computer 8.319

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.878

Given I enable persistence 21.671

Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.644

When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.713

Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.666

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product

2:46.172

Scenario Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.097

# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and

# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail

# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.

When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 35.328

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.681

Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:45.065

try_for()

try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: RemoteShell::ServerFailure: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/gdm-env'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `greeter'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:460:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:459:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:284:in `block in <top (required)>' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:459:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:284:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:123:in `Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase'

And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.109

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 03:57:56)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3760/artifact/build-artifacts/03:57:56_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3760/artifact/build-artifacts/03:57:56_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3760/artifact/build-artifacts/03:57:56_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3760/artifact/build-artifacts/03:57:56_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product

57.520

Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.137

And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.360

Then persistence is disabled 0.242

But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.972

And all notifications have disappeared 10.716

When I delete the persistent partition 6.875

Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.215

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

2:51.270

Scenario Dotfiles persistence

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.469

When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.232

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.659

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.266

Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.642

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product

1:43.398

Scenario Feature activation fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.673

And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075

When I try to enable persistence 0.280

Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.529

When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.751

And all notifications have disappeared 9.129

Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.336

And all tps features are enabled 3.317

And all tps features but the first one are active 2.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

7:12.274

Scenario LUKS header is automatically upgraded when unlocking the Persistent Storage

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:48.871

And I enable persistence 31.495

And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.982

Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.653

And persistence is enabled 5.271

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

30.059

Scenario LUKS backup header is restored if something goes wrong during upgrade

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.897

And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.353

Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.808

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

48.406

Scenario Automatic filesystem repair

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.408

And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.550

When I enable persistence 30.214

Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091

And persistence is successfully enabled 3.140

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

1:1.529

Scenario Manual filesystem repair is successful

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.924

And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.478

When I try to enable persistence 1.482

Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.888

When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.874

Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.054

And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.816

When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.280

Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.730

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @doc

1:57.221

Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.118

And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.122

When I try to enable persistence 0.293

Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.410

When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.616

Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072

When I log in to a new session 36.986

And all notifications have disappeared 7.880

# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same

# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about

# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do

# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to

# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.

Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 1.103

And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.240

When I close the "whisperback" window 1.671

Then the Tor Browser starts 22.826

And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.878

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.541

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @doc

2:0.641

Scenario Filesystem and I/O errors

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.758

And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.728

And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.610

When I try to enable persistence 0.412

Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.090

When I log in to a new session 46.040

And all notifications have disappeared 11.111

Then the Tor Browser starts 24.954

And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.934

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Tails persistence	155	1	1	0	0	157	20	1	21	47:26.221	Failed

Feature Report