Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4186 23 Jan 2026, 11:42

Failures Overview

The following summary displays scenarios that failed.

Feature: Root access control enforcement
Tags: @product
1:5.576
Scenario If cannot perform administrative tasks unless I have set up an administration password in the Welcome Screen
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 32.682
And running a command as root with pkexec requires PolicyKit administrator privileges 0.161
Then I cannot run a command as root with sudo and the standard passwords 0.171
And I cannot run a command as root with pkexec and the standard passwords 19.205
Then I cannot login as root using su with the standard passwords 13.355
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: child of [desktop frame | main]: 'kgx' application
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:949:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:949:in `/^I run "([^"]+)" in Console$/'
./features/step_definitions/root_access_control.rb:22:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/root_access_control.rb:19:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/root_access_control.rb:19:in `/^I cannot login as root using su with the standard passwords$/'
features/root_access_control.feature:17:in `Then I cannot login as root using su with the standard passwords'
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.041 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'If cannot perform administrative tasks unless I have set up an administration password in the Welcome Screen' (at time 00:06:56)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/00:06:56_If_cannot_perform_administrative_tasks_unless_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/00:06:56_If_cannot_perform_administrative_tasks_unless_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/00:06:56_If_cannot_perform_administrative_tasks_unless_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/00:06:56_If_cannot_perform_administrative_tasks_unless_I_have_set_up_an_administration_password_in_the_Welcome_Screen.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Feature: Backing up the persistent storage
Tags: @product
1:12.154
Scenario Using Tails' custom backup tool to backup a newly added file
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.087
# The volume cannot be in use when GuestFs clones it, which we do below
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.944
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "backup" 0.727
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.084
And I write a file "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/new" with contents "foo" 0.009
When I start Tails' custom backup tool 4.518
Then the backup tool displays "Plug in your backup Tails USB stick" 0.363
When I plug USB drive "backup" 2.707
And I give the Persistent Storage on drive "backup" its own UUID 0.285
And I click "Retry" in the backup tool 1.227
Then the backup tool displays "Do you want to back up your Persistent Storage now?" 0.268
When I click "Back Up" in the backup tool 1.111
And I enter my persistent storage passphrase into the polkit prompt 2.815
Then the backup tool displays "Your Persistent Storage was backed up successfully to your backup Tails USB stick!" 30.002
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: child of [desktop frame | main]: 'zenity' application
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/backup.rb:7:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/backup.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
<internal:kernel>:187: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/backup.rb:6: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/backup.rb:6:in `/^the backup tool displays "([^"]+)"$/'
features/backup.feature:22:in `Then the backup tool displays "Your Persistent Storage was backed up successfully to your backup Tails USB stick!"'
# The backup tool ejects the drive, so we have to replug it
When I unplug USB drive "backup" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "backup" 0.000
Then the USB drive "backup" contains the same files as my persistent storage 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.948 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Using Tails' custom backup tool to backup a newly added file' (at time 01:20:17)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:17_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:17_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:17_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4186/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:17_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.171