Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5477 22 Feb 2025, 12:49

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 150 1 6 0 0 157 20 1 21 58:43.132 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:12.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:34.524
And I update APT using apt 12.871
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 22.201
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.551
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 11.754
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.956
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.720
And persistence is disabled 0.460
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:1.936
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 16.288
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.461
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.642
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.621
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.309
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.018
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:7.400
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 11.479
And the system is very low on memory 2.767
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 31.673
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.562
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.821
And I free up some memory 1.828
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.825
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.790
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 13.338
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And all tps features are active 2.331
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.488
When I disable the first tps feature 6.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.796
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:4.297
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
21.911
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 11.086
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 7.008
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.078
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 3.135
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.215
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 10.248
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 5.999
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.694
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.433
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 10.681
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 19.711
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.657
When I write some files expected to persist 1.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.585
# 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" 24.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22:36.299
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
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 enabled and logged in 9.964
And the network is plugged 0.092
And Tor is ready 20.834
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.546
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 21:56.657
execution 
execution expired (RemoteShell::Timeout)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `read'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `block (3 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:55:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:298:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:88:in `Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.838 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 03:34:21)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5477/artifact/build-artifacts/03:34:21_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5477/artifact/build-artifacts/03:34:21_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5477/artifact/build-artifacts/03:34:21_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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56.393
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 12.161
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.086
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:16.200
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 11.407
When I enable persistence 31.276
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.246
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.296
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.611
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.264
When I cold reboot the computer 7.403
And the computer reboots Tails 59.228
Given I enable persistence 15.934
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.518
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.404
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
3:35.662
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 10.873
# 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 31.969
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.363
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:0.944
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 39.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
49.785
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 9.413
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.814
Then persistence is disabled 0.355
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.260
And all notifications have disappeared 9.161
When I delete the persistent partition 6.411
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.945
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 10.168
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:5.853
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:39.404
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 9.552
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.028
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.955
And all notifications have disappeared 8.234
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.039
And all tps features are enabled 2.296
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:55.955
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 3:29.826
And I enable persistence 35.719
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.711
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.020
And persistence is enabled 2.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.514
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 8.717
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.047
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.255
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 8.921
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.943
When I enable persistence 28.518
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.369
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 8.816
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.020
When I try to enable persistence 0.408
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.694
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.484
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.626
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.505
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.276
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:52.371
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 8.940
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 0.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.890
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I log in to a new session 43.294
And all notifications have disappeared 7.482
# 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" 0.620
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.299
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.727
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.509
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:53.081
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.069
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.429
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.518
When I try to enable persistence 0.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.050
When I log in to a new session 50.429
And all notifications have disappeared 7.367
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.049
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000