Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 13 30 Mar 2025, 16:51

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 153 1 3 0 0 157 20 1 21 44:59.930 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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7:43.583
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:32.108
And I update APT using apt 2:44.107
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3:24.767
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.437
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 11.494
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.939
And persistence is disabled 0.434
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.981
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 11.641
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.301
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.761
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.847
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.367
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:20.611
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 logged in 24.300
And the system is very low on memory 3.712
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.902
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.136
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.379
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.230
And I free up some memory 3.650
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.591
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.176
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 11.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.750
And all tps features are active 2.017
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.506
When I disable the first tps feature 5.852
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.948
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.264
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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19.863
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 10.032
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 6.214
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 3.125
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.393
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 9.344
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 6.100
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.705
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.600
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 9.147
And the network is plugged 0.230
And Tor is ready 20.429
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.546
When I write some files expected to persist 1.456
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.715
# 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" 24.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:8.792
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 9.035
And the network is plugged 0.139
And Tor is ready 20.936
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.630
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.754
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.147
And Tor is ready 20.252
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.087
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57.080
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.050
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.270
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.566
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:14.872
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 12.015
When I enable persistence 33.342
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.400
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.431
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.524
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.421
When I cold reboot the computer 7.663
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.946
Given I enable persistence 47.125
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (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/usb.rb:694:in `/^persistence is successfully enabled$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:704:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:111:in `Given I enable persistence'
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.226 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 04:40:23)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/13/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/13/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/13/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/13/artifact/build-artifacts/04:40:23_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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3:35.104
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 16.141
# 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 31.464
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.667
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:1.390
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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55.481
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 9.405
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.223
Then persistence is disabled 0.328
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.210
And all notifications have disappeared 8.224
When I delete the persistent partition 5.721
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.879
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 9.332
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.856
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.159
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:38.997
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 9.238
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 0.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 31.987
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.063
And all notifications have disappeared 7.584
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.175
And all tps features are enabled 2.639
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:46.415
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 3:28.539
And I enable persistence 28.432
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.872
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.546
And persistence is enabled 3.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.973
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 8.634
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.551
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.323
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 9.144
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.027
When I enable persistence 29.490
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.287
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 9.124
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.333
When I try to enable persistence 0.414
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 22.318
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.919
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.774
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.768
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.244
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:48.785
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 8.311
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 0.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 25.030
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.600
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 41.892
And all notifications have disappeared 9.947
# 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" 0.382
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.499
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.718
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.657
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.287
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.791
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.763
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.621
When I try to enable persistence 0.415
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 17.701
When I log in to a new session 49.257
And all notifications have disappeared 8.413
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.344
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000