Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5718 17 Jun 2025, 15:01

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 148 2 7 0 0 157 19 2 21 1:9:4.517 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
3:54.681
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:53.869
And I update APT using apt 17.034
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 38.399
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 5.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.487
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 28.616
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 7.871
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:519: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:14:in `When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.057 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 04:30:24)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/04:30:24_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/04:30:24_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/04:30:24_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/04:30:24_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:26.251
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 1:3.613
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.989
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.167
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 57.597
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.375
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.739
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:1.293
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.399
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.165
Tags: @product
2:32.564
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.043
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 1:17.959
And the system is very low on memory 8.197
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.963
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.562
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.429
When I close the Persistent Storage app 4.503
And I free up some memory 6.355
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.214
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:58.561
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 enabled and logged in 40.901
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.458
And all tps features are active 8.840
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.588
When I disable the first tps feature 7.986
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.417
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.794
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:22.276
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
41.566
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 22.348
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.855
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.973
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.733
When I disable the first tps feature 8.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.155
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.093
When I enable the first tps feature 4.812
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.427
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.096
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.052
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.864
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.309
And I disable the first tps feature 12.087
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 5.227
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.388
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.411
And the network is plugged 2.086
And Tor is ready 31.954
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.845
When I write some files expected to persist 2.373
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.655
# 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" 43.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:16.782
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 48.286
And the network is plugged 2.269
And Tor is ready 34.652
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.884
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.740
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:57.832
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 35.973
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.601
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.166
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
Tags: @product
2:22.926
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:0.631
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 38.061
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 43.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:37.889
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 39.164
When I enable persistence 1:34.827
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.297
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 48.846
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:8.215
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 2.752
When I cold reboot the computer 10.589
And the computer reboots Tails 1:36.938
Given I enable persistence 32.887
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 1.104
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.761
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.108
Tags: @product
5:27.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.131
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.905
# 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 52.292
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.870
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:14.820
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 43.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:41.011
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 22.087
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 37.925
Then persistence is disabled 0.257
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.739
And all notifications have disappeared 15.355
When I delete the persistent partition 13.489
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:48.636
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 19.971
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.473
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:11.962
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 2.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product
5:16.482
Scenario Feature activation fails
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 11.607
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 1.369
When I try to enable persistence 3.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 56.355
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 4:3.962
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:566:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:522: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:147:in `When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage'
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 11.717 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Feature activation fails' (at time 05:20:48)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:48_Feature_activation_fails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:48_Feature_activation_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:48_Feature_activation_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5718/artifact/build-artifacts/05:20:48_Feature_activation_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:34.089
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:23.477
And I enable persistence 55.842
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:2.094
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.168
And persistence is enabled 7.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.495
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.424
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.261
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.589
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 24.983
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.655
When I enable persistence 58.294
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.252
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.054
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.427
When I try to enable persistence 0.672
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.992
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.530
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.511
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.904
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 4.631
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:21.409
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 9.541
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.110
When I try to enable persistence 0.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 44.272
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.591
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.240
When I log in to a new session 46.202
And all notifications have disappeared 7.474
# 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" 4.306
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.665
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.614
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.888
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:37.137
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.840
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.884
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.818
When I try to enable persistence 0.479
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 35.078
When I log in to a new session 1:0.704
And all notifications have disappeared 8.209
Then the Tor Browser starts 31.137
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000