Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 38 25 Jun 2025, 08:14

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 147 3 7 0 0 157 18 3 21 59:52.422 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:1.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:9.230
And I update APT using apt 16.709
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 30.160
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.117
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 13.761
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 44.247
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.615
And persistence is disabled 0.324
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:50.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.064
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.734
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.796
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.312
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:44.965
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.871
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
1:6.904
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 11.808
And the system is very low on memory 5.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.576
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.472
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.215
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.778
And I free up some memory 4.187
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.892
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:22.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.768
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.438
And all tps features are active 2.346
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 4.262
When I disable the first tps feature 5.519
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.447
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:32.219
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
23.560
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 12.650
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I disable the first tps feature 6.317
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.105
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.082
When I enable the first tps feature 3.963
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.875
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 9.947
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.131
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 7.558
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.000
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.203
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 12.588
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 23.400
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.620
When I write some files expected to persist 1.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.290
# 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" 27.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:36.888
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 10.845
And the network is plugged 0.125
And Tor is ready 23.610
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.447
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.136
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:18.841
And I capture all network traffic 0.117
And the network is plugged 0.942
And Tor is ready 26.664
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.811
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.126
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product
1:19.200
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.734
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.215
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 40.199
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:56.905
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.259
When I enable persistence 58.076
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.492
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 49.921
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.431
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.551
When I cold reboot the computer 11.044
And the computer reboots Tails 1:58.451
Given I enable persistence 22.134
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.605
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 15.936
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)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:113:in `When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage'
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.602 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:50:46)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:50:46_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:50:46_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:50:46_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:50:46_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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6:53.390
Scenario Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.396
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 37.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.125
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 5:48.837
cannot 
cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:600:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:541: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)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:287:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:123:in `Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase'
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.357 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 05:57:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:47_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:47_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:47_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:47_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:15.397
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
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 13.071
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 3:2.325
cannot 
cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.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/common_steps.rb:600:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:541: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:128:in `And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
When I delete the persistent partition 0.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 9.254 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 06:01:09)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/06:01:09_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/06:01:09_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/06:01:09_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/38/artifact/build-artifacts/06:01:09_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:42.476
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 10.943
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.207
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:16.916
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:17.401
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 10.066
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.410
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 47.368
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.778
And all notifications have disappeared 14.521
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.062
And all tps features are enabled 3.942
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:12.021
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:46.824
And I enable persistence 40.972
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.432
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.724
And persistence is enabled 3.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.430
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 11.930
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.378
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.542
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 13.093
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.977
When I enable persistence 46.004
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.226
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 10.957
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.610
When I try to enable persistence 2.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.916
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.144
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.501
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.757
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:18.610
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 9.804
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.114
When I try to enable persistence 0.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.647
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.706
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I log in to a new session 57.556
And all notifications have disappeared 18.639
# 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" 1.117
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.814
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.641
Then the Tor Browser starts 4.750
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:50.082
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 9.770
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.699
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.765
When I try to enable persistence 0.551
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 35.920
When I log in to a new session 56.131
And all notifications have disappeared 44.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 5.826
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 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000