Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3818 18 May 2025, 10:11

Feature Report

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 1:7:56.252 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:51.583
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:5.093
And I update APT using apt 15.813
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.089
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.543
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 29.507
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.859
And persistence is disabled 0.654
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:38.805
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 17.010
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.649
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.672
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.567
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.776
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:34.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.456
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:30.762
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 30.873
And the system is very low on memory 5.050
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.841
When I try to create a persistent partition 32.558
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.229
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.645
And I free up some memory 3.748
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.220
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:6.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.329
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.703
And all tps features are active 2.479
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.469
When I disable the first tps feature 7.306
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.438
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.709
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
22.601
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.371
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.245
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 6.773
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.091
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.076
When I enable the first tps feature 3.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.907
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I disable the first tps feature 6.746
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.410
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.429
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 27.116
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.681
When I write some files expected to persist 1.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.071
# 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" 25.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:42.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.085
And the network is plugged 0.197
And Tor is ready 17.957
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.897
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:37.306
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 22.291
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.324
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.131
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
1:31.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.742
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.235
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:11.621
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.123
When I enable persistence 43.986
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.585
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.516
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.876
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.738
When I cold reboot the computer 10.238
And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.726
Given I enable persistence 18.687
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 1.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.464
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
4:31.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.950
# 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 36.483
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.664
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:51.633
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product
1:4.253
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.349
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.810
Then persistence is disabled 0.363
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.025
And all notifications have disappeared 10.312
When I delete the persistent partition 6.568
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22:35.507
Scenario Dotfiles persistence
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 10.952
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 22:13.388
execution 
execution expired (RemoteShell::Timeout)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `read'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `block (3 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:55: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/common_steps.rb:719:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:298:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:139:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.934 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dotfiles persistence' (at time 04:06:15)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3818/artifact/build-artifacts/04:06:15_Dotfiles_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3818/artifact/build-artifacts/04:06:15_Dotfiles_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3818/artifact/build-artifacts/04:06:15_Dotfiles_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:42.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.348
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.898
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.375
And all notifications have disappeared 7.375
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.871
And all tps features are enabled 3.138
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:42.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 4:9.851
And I enable persistence 33.639
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.373
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.176
And persistence is enabled 3.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 25.409
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 35.732
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.361
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.787
When I enable persistence 53.181
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.136
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.478
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.750
When I try to enable persistence 0.774
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.713
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.909
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.109
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.687
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.296
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:2.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.243
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.135
When I try to enable persistence 0.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.327
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I log in to a new session 44.114
And all notifications have disappeared 10.411
# 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" 0.435
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.980
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.734
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.278
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:14.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.849
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.870
When I try to enable persistence 1.495
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.543
When I log in to a new session 56.104
And all notifications have disappeared 9.514
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.237
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000