Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5523 20 Mar 2025, 13:28

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 154 1 2 0 0 157 20 1 21 1:18:54.855 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
36:45.117
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 1:45.092
And I update APT using apt 35:0.024
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/misc_helpers.rb:180:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:180:in `force_new_tor_circuit'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:192:in `block in retry_tor'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:222:in `rescue in block in retry_action'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:209:in `block in retry_action'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:208:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:208:in `retry_action'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:196:in `retry_tor'
./features/step_definitions/apt.rb:59:in `/^I update APT using apt$/'
features/persistence.feature:8:in `And I update APT using apt'
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 10.823 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 03:48:04)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5523/artifact/build-artifacts/03:48:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5523/artifact/build-artifacts/03:48:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5523/artifact/build-artifacts/03:48:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.768
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 13.296
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.832
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.732
And persistence is disabled 0.572
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:44.079
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 13.019
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.728
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.951
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.651
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:49.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.368
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:17.629
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 21.554
And the system is very low on memory 5.510
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.297
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.370
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.340
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.548
And I free up some memory 1.725
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.023
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:23.678
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 33.935
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.879
And all tps features are active 3.007
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.650
When I disable the first tps feature 8.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.169
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
26.356
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 14.762
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I disable the first tps feature 7.219
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.125
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.077
When I enable the first tps feature 3.673
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.569
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 9.774
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I disable the first tps feature 6.262
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.218
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.756
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 10.179
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 23.852
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.629
When I write some files expected to persist 1.383
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.802
# 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" 24.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:25.826
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 9.587
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 20.868
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.306
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.341
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.171
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 23.647
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.141
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
1:22.519
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 28.974
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.144
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 26.185
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:46.862
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 12.708
When I enable persistence 38.577
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.220
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.552
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:0.155
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.464
When I cold reboot the computer 7.556
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.751
Given I enable persistence 18.522
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.685
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.849
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
3:49.237
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 10.428
# 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 35.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.331
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:11.894
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 38.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:0.041
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 11.995
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.586
Then persistence is disabled 0.732
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.340
And all notifications have disappeared 8.790
When I delete the persistent partition 6.142
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.662
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 10.492
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.512
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.125
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:45.282
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 9.332
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 0.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.418
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.538
And all notifications have disappeared 8.862
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.105
And all tps features are enabled 2.426
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:28.795
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 3:46.579
And I enable persistence 46.376
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.097
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.819
And persistence is enabled 2.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.902
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 9.832
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.296
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.817
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 10.553
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.633
When I enable persistence 30.806
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.251
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 9.162
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.975
When I try to enable persistence 1.560
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.068
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.471
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.024
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.852
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.305
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:11.152
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 9.742
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.645
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I log in to a new session 48.289
And all notifications have disappeared 12.804
# 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" 1.069
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.952
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.583
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.374
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.547
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.556
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.622
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.630
When I try to enable persistence 0.487
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 26.071
When I log in to a new session 48.344
And all notifications have disappeared 8.845
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.084
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000