Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 78 01 Jun 2025, 16:48

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 150 1 6 0 0 157 20 1 21 1:2:1.860 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:55.212
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 1:44.754
And I update APT using apt 41.376
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.459
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.586
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 11.748
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.130
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.862
And persistence is disabled 0.251
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:25.373
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 17.425
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.616
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.200
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.816
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.700
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:26.092
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.397
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:8.465
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 logged in 13.080
And the system is very low on memory 4.795
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.711
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.160
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.311
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.546
And I free up some memory 3.470
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.566
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.272
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 13.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.805
And all tps features are active 2.709
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.813
When I disable the first tps feature 5.743
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.177
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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19.643
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 10.152
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 5.784
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.112
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 3.093
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.910
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 enabled and logged in 9.278
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 5.833
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.565
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.085
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 9.620
And the network is plugged 0.107
And Tor is ready 21.389
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.587
When I write some files expected to persist 1.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.522
# 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" 24.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22:43.935
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
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 9.623
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 19.622
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.767
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 22:5.584
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:730:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:730:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:309:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:88:in `Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.845 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 04:25:34)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/78/artifact/build-artifacts/04:25:34_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/78/artifact/build-artifacts/04:25:34_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/78/artifact/build-artifacts/04:25:34_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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58.446
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.358
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.151
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.229
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:24.364
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 12.379
When I enable persistence 36.333
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.422
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 24.794
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.544
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.611
When I cold reboot the computer 7.636
And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.474
Given I enable persistence 17.998
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.661
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 36.033
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:38.236
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 10.165
# 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 37.435
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.550
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:2.132
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
54.865
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 9.876
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.830
Then persistence is disabled 0.327
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.981
And all notifications have disappeared 8.889
When I delete the persistent partition 5.845
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:34.631
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 9.397
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.618
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.146
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:40.543
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 8.828
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 0.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.891
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.111
And all notifications have disappeared 7.546
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.938
And all tps features are enabled 2.931
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:59.741
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:29.750
And I enable persistence 36.240
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.719
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.352
And persistence is enabled 2.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.844
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.369
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.912
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.671
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 10.874
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.345
When I enable persistence 26.496
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.087
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.314
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 8.788
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.589
When I try to enable persistence 0.457
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.880
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.958
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.490
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.609
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.248
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:3.098
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 11.879
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 0.496
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.113
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.441
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I log in to a new session 40.818
And all notifications have disappeared 10.894
# 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" 0.389
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.908
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.676
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.280
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:54.614
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 8.804
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.167
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.518
When I try to enable persistence 0.444
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.652
When I log in to a new session 47.710
And all notifications have disappeared 8.583
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.094
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000