Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 25 10 Jun 2025, 06:45

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 50:44.179 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:43.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:59.014
And I update APT using apt 14.121
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.811
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.059
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 14.445
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 41.656
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.260
And persistence is disabled 0.869
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:46.764
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 24.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.827
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.170
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.749
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:32.925
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.981
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
1:8.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.354
And the system is very low on memory 3.570
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.387
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.217
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.346
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.665
And I free up some memory 3.810
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.361
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:4.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.361
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.488
And all tps features are active 3.326
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.924
When I disable the first tps feature 6.739
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.704
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:5.915
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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22.027
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.136
When I disable the first tps feature 5.753
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.103
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 3.155
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.117
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.949
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 4.821
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.108
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.350
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 22.235
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.809
When I write some files expected to persist 1.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.278
# 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" 26.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:7.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.746
And the network is plugged 0.117
And Tor is ready 19.007
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.277
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.478
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:3.552
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 20.851
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.777
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.148
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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1:15.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.911
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.182
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 32.243
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:43.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.917
When I enable persistence 55.493
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.584
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.977
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.904
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.577
When I cold reboot the computer 11.338
And the computer reboots Tails 1:50.633
Given I enable persistence 20.819
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.605
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.878
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
4:32.609
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.242
# 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 35.841
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.966
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:2.960
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:33.557
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.238
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 30.864
Then persistence is disabled 0.977
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.676
And all notifications have disappeared 22.550
When I delete the persistent partition 17.250
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/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:371:in `grabFocus'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1169:in `/^I delete the persistent partition$/'
features/persistence.feature:132:in `When I delete the persistent partition'
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.496 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 05:41:41)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/25/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:41_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/25/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:41_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/25/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:41_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/25/artifact/build-artifacts/05:41:41_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:26.171
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 11.447
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:5.312
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
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1:43.539
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.634
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.220
When I try to enable persistence 0.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 36.039
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 34.761
And all notifications have disappeared 14.485
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.293
And all tps features are enabled 2.657
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:25.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 4:0.868
And I enable persistence 40.766
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 37.118
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.521
And persistence is enabled 4.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.302
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.687
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.735
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.498
When I enable persistence 35.777
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.779
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.349
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.731
When I try to enable persistence 2.839
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.432
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.880
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.397
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.341
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:16.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.053
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.113
When I try to enable persistence 0.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.842
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I log in to a new session 35.529
And all notifications have disappeared 34.197
# 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" 5.424
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.805
When I close the "whisperback" window 6.297
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.133
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:15.633
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.061
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.312
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.907
When I try to enable persistence 2.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 28.433
When I log in to a new session 39.580
And all notifications have disappeared 19.391
Then the Tor Browser starts 14.380
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000