Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 31 17 Jun 2025, 06:53

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 151 2 4 0 0 157 19 2 21 48:27.081 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:16.068
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.068
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
STDOUT:

STDERR:
Exception ignored in: <function Ponytail.__del__ at 0x7a4b441fd260>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ponytail/ponytail.py", line 51, in __del__
    if (self.connected):
AttributeError: 'Ponytail' object has no attribute 'connected'

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:85:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:715:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:715:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ and\ logged\ in\ with\ an\ administration\ password\ and\ the\ network\ is\ connected$/'
features/persistence.feature:7:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected'
And I update APT using apt 0.000
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 0.000
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.093 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 05:14:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/05:14:11_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/05:14:11_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/05:14:11_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/05:14:11_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.166
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 11.806
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 31.107
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.386
And persistence is disabled 2.379
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:21.898
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 15.786
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.636
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.585
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.839
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:22.045
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.992
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:2.907
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 11.682
And the system is very low on memory 4.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.531
When I try to create a persistent partition 22.511
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.247
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.580
And I free up some memory 2.944
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.195
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:0.956
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 30.759
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.550
And all tps features are active 2.398
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.660
When I disable the first tps feature 9.463
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:56.818
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
23.257
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 10.225
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.188
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I disable the first tps feature 9.526
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.087
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.088
When I enable the first tps feature 2.638
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.965
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 25.232
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 9.686
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.172
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 10.247
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 24.187
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.562
When I write some files expected to persist 1.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.867
# 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" 25.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:33.176
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 10.550
And the network is plugged 0.122
And Tor is ready 23.737
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.359
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:19.941
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 19.211
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.096
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.244
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
1:10.070
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 12.735
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.171
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 32.816
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:29.700
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 12.545
When I enable persistence 44.029
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.436
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.501
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.683
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.463
When I cold reboot the computer 10.109
And the computer reboots Tails 1:52.056
Given I enable persistence 19.865
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 5.263
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.162
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
5:6.811
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 10.549
# 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 50.931
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.308
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:14.769
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:19.145
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 10.609
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 29.182
Then persistence is disabled 0.804
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.009
And all notifications have disappeared 21.585
When I delete the persistent partition 4.445
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:23.760
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 10.770
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.666
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:0.979
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:50.901
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 10.029
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.117
When I try to enable persistence 0.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.322
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.356
And all notifications have disappeared 21.492
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.599
And all tps features are enabled 3.515
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:41.463
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 3:18.052
And I enable persistence 32.813
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.141
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.064
And persistence is enabled 3.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.603
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 8.798
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.013
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.158
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 9.862
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.847
When I enable persistence 35.515
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.103
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.665
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 9.133
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.143
When I try to enable persistence 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.572
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.348
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.154
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.185
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.332
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.161
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 8.960
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 0.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.258
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 32.236
And all notifications have disappeared 32.784
# 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" 3.924
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.390
When I close the "whisperback" window 6.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.411
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:15.068
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 9.089
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.481
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.665
When I try to enable persistence 0.709
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.132
When I log in to a new session 46.429
And all notifications have disappeared 26.355
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.205
cannot 
cannot find TorBrowserNewTabButton.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/browser.rb:479: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 8.114 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Filesystem and I/O errors' (at time 06:02:01)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/06:02:01_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/06:02:01_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/06:02:01_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/31/artifact/build-artifacts/06:02:01_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000