Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 45 03 Jul 2025, 07:48

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 148 3 6 0 0 157 18 3 21 1:4:37.155 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:8.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:17.863
And I update APT using apt 15.390
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 30.300
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.913
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 45.872
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.512
And persistence is disabled 0.435
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:9.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.787
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.875
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.269
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 36.516
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.276
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:53.334
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.381
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
1:19.086
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 13.171
And the system is very low on memory 6.933
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.575
When I try to create a persistent partition 21.480
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.289
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.995
And I free up some memory 4.775
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.887
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:33.229
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 14.986
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.618
And all tps features are active 3.023
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.416
When I disable the first tps feature 5.128
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.362
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.709
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:43.849
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
25.249
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 13.326
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 7.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.146
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 3.831
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.111
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 14.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.151
And I disable the first tps feature 5.708
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.392
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.380
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 15.089
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 25.737
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.101
When I write some files expected to persist 6.496
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.908
# 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" 35.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:36.417
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 17.039
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 27.161
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 1.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.095
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:4.621
And I capture all network traffic 0.139
And the network is plugged 3.426
And Tor is ready 26.388
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.022
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.121
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product
1:46.245
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 19.656
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.151
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 53.988
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:22.358
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.236
When I enable persistence 1:18.334
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 17.035
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 54.039
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:7.543
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.862
When I cold reboot the computer 13.500
And the computer reboots Tails 2:17.192
Given I enable persistence 35.377
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 1.230
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 19.003
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 6.703 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:43:26)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:43:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:43:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:43:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:43:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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7:4.556
Scenario Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.168
# 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 59.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.210
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 4:24.180
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 1:6.885
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/usb.rb:475:in `/^I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage( back to the original)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:124:in `And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original'
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 11.128 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Changing the Persistent Storage passphrase' (at time 05:50:38)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:50:38_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:50:38_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:50:38_Changing_the_Persistent_Storage_passphrase.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:51.699
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 14.026
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 49.844
Then persistence is disabled 0.532
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.785
And all notifications have disappeared 26.130
When I delete the persistent partition 8.542
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:17.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.993
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.282
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:45.019
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 5.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
1:11.343
Scenario Feature activation fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.809
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.148
When I try to enable persistence 0.383
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1:0.001
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/usb.rb:1724:in `/^the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated$/'
features/persistence.feature:146:in `Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated'
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 0.000
And all tps features are enabled 0.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 13.031 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Feature activation fails' (at time 05:58:20)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:20_Feature_activation_fails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:20_Feature_activation_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:20_Feature_activation_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/45/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:20_Feature_activation_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:26.272
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 5:20.625
And I enable persistence 1:6.113
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 55.504
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.854
And persistence is enabled 3.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.120
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 15.282
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 41.563
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.997
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 16.404
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.461
When I enable persistence 59.251
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.253
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.720
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 9.073
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.327
When I try to enable persistence 3.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 55.660
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.393
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.339
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.440
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.528
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:5.831
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 13.305
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.255
When I try to enable persistence 0.979
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 55.220
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.598
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.728
When I log in to a new session 1:3.892
And all notifications have disappeared 22.240
# 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" 14.415
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 4.311
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.342
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.896
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:2.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.388
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.237
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 19.082
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.171
When I try to enable persistence 2.530
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 44.423
When I log in to a new session 55.000
And all notifications have disappeared 33.183
Then the Tor Browser starts 11.401
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000