Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 32 18 Jun 2025, 09:51

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 1:6:31.676 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:41.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:44.249
And I update APT using apt 19.411
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 31.519
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 6.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.251
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 13.865
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 53.414
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.537
And persistence is disabled 0.385
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:35.906
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 17.729
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.764
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.195
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.130
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.142
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:20.242
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.210
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
1:28.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.802
And the system is very low on memory 9.189
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.806
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.273
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 5.301
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.454
And I free up some memory 3.720
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.688
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:56.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.130
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.565
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.361
And all tps features are active 4.348
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.326
When I disable the first tps feature 4.391
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.785
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.850
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:54.063
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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29.576
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 17.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 4.928
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.951
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.522
When I enable the first tps feature 5.101
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.233
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.191
And I disable the first tps feature 6.985
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 5.837
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:45.646
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 13.786
And the network is plugged 0.157
And Tor is ready 29.025
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.189
When I write some files expected to persist 2.912
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.773
# 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" 39.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:21.034
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 16.261
And the network is plugged 0.177
And Tor is ready 27.917
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 1.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.572
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:54.484
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 24.919
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.555
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.177
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083
Tags: @product
1:47.347
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.758
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.440
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 53.116
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 39.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:11.334
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 18.499
When I enable persistence 1:12.236
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 18.590
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 51.906
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:12.645
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.282
When I cold reboot the computer 17.091
And the computer reboots Tails 2:16.863
Given I enable persistence 24.691
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.666
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 17.858
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with name='Start Tails' roleName='button'
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:516:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:113:in `When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage'
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.455 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 07:22:34)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/32/artifact/build-artifacts/07:22:34_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/32/artifact/build-artifacts/07:22:34_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/32/artifact/build-artifacts/07:22:34_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/32/artifact/build-artifacts/07:22:34_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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6:13.029
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 16.009
# 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 54.657
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.525
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:55.482
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 45.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:55.803
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 19.980
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 50.372
Then persistence is disabled 0.754
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.931
And all notifications have disappeared 25.505
When I delete the persistent partition 11.054
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:20.272
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 15.398
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.189
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.373
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:52.329
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:44.333
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 13.700
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.429
When I try to enable persistence 1.023
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 59.081
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:3.845
And all notifications have disappeared 18.201
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.614
And all tps features are enabled 2.800
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:8.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.047
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 4:56.496
And I enable persistence 1:6.646
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.373
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.046
And persistence is enabled 5.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.781
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 12.621
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 41.778
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.983
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 14.603
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.875
When I enable persistence 1:6.783
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.287
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.548
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 9.885
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.301
When I try to enable persistence 2.598
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 49.188
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.016
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 6.144
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.960
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.412
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:9.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.682
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.118
When I try to enable persistence 0.472
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 57.429
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I log in to a new session 1:1.232
And all notifications have disappeared 41.098
# 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" 1.308
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 4.333
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.844
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.519
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:59.919
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 14.910
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.256
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.871
When I try to enable persistence 2.388
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 42.826
When I log in to a new session 55.985
And all notifications have disappeared 42.331
Then the Tor Browser starts 10.058
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000