Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 21 06 Jun 2025, 07:13

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 55:32.546 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:41.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.630
And I update APT using apt 11.700
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.643
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.321
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 12.080
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 40.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.011
And persistence is disabled 1.467
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:23.653
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 14.628
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.699
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.410
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.518
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.725
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:21.198
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.244
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:8.770
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 11.106
And the system is very low on memory 5.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.595
When I try to create a persistent partition 17.072
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.245
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.657
And I free up some memory 5.411
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.542
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:8.496
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 14.537
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.432
And all tps features are active 2.465
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.912
When I disable the first tps feature 5.808
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:17.724
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
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20.539
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 11.637
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 4.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.123
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.071
When I enable the first tps feature 3.643
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.974
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 10.223
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 4.718
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.797
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.191
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 10.113
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 20.185
And I take note of which tps features are available 2.465
When I write some files expected to persist 1.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.430
# 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" 25.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:39.951
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 11.381
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 17.027
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.830
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:38.742
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 20.785
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.498
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.136
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
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1:29.800
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 16.272
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.963
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 44.884
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:34.573
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 12.727
When I enable persistence 49.181
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.071
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.610
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.406
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.692
When I cold reboot the computer 11.596
And the computer reboots Tails 1:49.918
Given I enable persistence 22.748
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.770
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.379
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
5:9.878
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 10.873
# 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 41.015
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.312
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:29.671
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:26.394
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 9.849
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 37.955
Then persistence is disabled 0.636
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.117
And all notifications have disappeared 16.070
When I delete the persistent partition 4.179
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:26.719
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 10.342
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.010
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:4.040
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:14.279
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 9.950
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 55.848
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.214
And all notifications have disappeared 14.824
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.697
And all tps features are enabled 3.079
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:57.439
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 5:26.785
And I enable persistence 43.712
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.035
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.403
And persistence is enabled 3.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.788
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 8.712
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.277
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.227
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 9.890
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.115
When I enable persistence 37.371
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.076
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.119
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 8.977
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.022
When I try to enable persistence 0.680
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.238
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.403
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.081
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.966
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:19.144
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 9.182
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.165
When I try to enable persistence 0.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.835
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 39.205
And all notifications have disappeared 29.124
# 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" 1.110
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 4.512
When I close the "whisperback" window 7.600
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.540
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
4:11.945
Scenario Filesystem and I/O errors
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.116
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.438
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.017
When I try to enable persistence 1.652
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 27.976
When I log in to a new session 40.811
And all notifications have disappeared 32.920
Then the Tor Browser starts 2:6.012
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/browser.rb:480:in `/^the Tor Browser (?:has started|starts)$/'
features/persistence.feature:213:in `Then the Tor Browser starts'
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.464 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Filesystem and I/O errors' (at time 05:57:38)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/21/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:38_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/21/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:38_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/21/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:38_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/21/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:38_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000