Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 107 05 Jul 2025, 18:37

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 151 1 5 0 0 157 20 1 21 56:3.214 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:46.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.049
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:22.287
And I update APT using apt 45.701
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 32.737
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 5.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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57.255
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 16.480
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.542
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.532
And persistence is disabled 0.345
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:20.737
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 16.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.632
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.849
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.787
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:17.012
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.329
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:19.995
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.204
And the system is very low on memory 3.827
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.040
When I try to create a persistent partition 32.786
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.974
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.982
And I free up some memory 3.365
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.101
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:58.203
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 18.602
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.563
And all tps features are active 3.288
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 7.227
When I disable the first tps feature 8.192
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:57.058
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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30.320
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 16.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.100
When I disable the first tps feature 6.069
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.105
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 6.896
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.137
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 30.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I disable the first tps feature 11.935
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.018
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.880
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 enabled and logged in 15.576
And the network is plugged 0.102
And Tor is ready 26.877
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.267
When I write some files expected to persist 5.314
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.492
# 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" 37.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:0.638
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 15.898
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 23.371
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.233
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.761
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:7.686
And I capture all network traffic 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 59.667
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.438
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.090
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1:19.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.394
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 27.907
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:54.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.764
When I enable persistence 56.589
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.175
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 35.641
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.394
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 4.271
When I cold reboot the computer 10.119
And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.359
Given I enable persistence 27.289
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 1.052
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.038
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
5:9.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.477
# 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 1:1.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.176
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:58.815
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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16.105
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.513
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 5.591
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:530:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:128:in `And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
When I delete the persistent partition 0.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.990 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 05:05:48)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/107/artifact/build-artifacts/05:05:48_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/107/artifact/build-artifacts/05:05:48_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/107/artifact/build-artifacts/05:05:48_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/107/artifact/build-artifacts/05:05:48_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:24.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.279
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.426
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:55.951
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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2:33.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.031
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.948
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 0.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 51.963
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.599
And all notifications have disappeared 11.422
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.493
And all tps features are enabled 7.372
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:21.270
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 4:26.277
And I enable persistence 50.555
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:1.060
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.840
And persistence is enabled 2.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.533
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.862
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 33.393
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 2.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.287
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.232
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.660
When I enable persistence 53.017
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.131
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.648
When I try to enable persistence 0.625
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 42.658
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.125
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.960
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.917
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:45.730
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.646
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.141
When I try to enable persistence 0.475
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 50.326
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I log in to a new session 56.331
And all notifications have disappeared 12.093
# 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" 1.221
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.165
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.700
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.962
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @doc
2:34.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.071
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.870
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.493
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.992
When I try to enable persistence 0.509
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 28.182
When I log in to a new session 1:0.562
And all notifications have disappeared 12.631
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.540
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000