Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 8 24 Jun 2025, 20:19

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 155 1 1 0 0 157 20 1 21 1:7:36.070 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:25.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:42.598
And I update APT using apt 12.829
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.693
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.861
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.111
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.689
And persistence is disabled 0.444
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:50.086
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 13.799
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.186
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.509
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.349
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:49.207
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.350
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:7.522
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 11.610
And the system is very low on memory 4.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.508
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.814
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.358
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.771
And I free up some memory 3.482
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23:3.996
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it
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 enabled and logged in 14.276
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.738
And all tps features are active 2.610
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.636
When I disable the first tps feature 7.939
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.848
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 22:18.996
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:49:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 11.945 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it' (at time 03:39:16)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/8/artifact/build-artifacts/03:39:16_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/8/artifact/build-artifacts/03:39:16_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/8/artifact/build-artifacts/03:39:16_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
23.480
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 10.477
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.215
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.452
When I disable the first tps feature 7.702
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.091
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 4.199
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.891
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 11.380
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
And I disable the first tps feature 6.660
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.411
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.565
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 11.305
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 25.745
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.717
When I write some files expected to persist 1.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.639
# 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" 28.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:40.876
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 11.615
And the network is plugged 0.208
And Tor is ready 23.591
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.728
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:34.737
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 21.138
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.309
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.110
Tags: @product
1:15.578
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 16.028
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 27.628
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:22.819
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.453
When I enable persistence 43.815
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.746
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.024
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.314
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.280
When I cold reboot the computer 7.499
And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.664
Given I enable persistence 22.231
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.591
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 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
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4:15.814
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 enabled and logged in 12.597
# 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 39.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.008
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:31.188
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:10.473
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 11.405
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.663
Then persistence is disabled 0.313
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.877
And all notifications have disappeared 14.639
When I delete the persistent partition 6.815
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.177
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 12.092
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.996
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:38.683
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:12.645
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 12.947
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 0.465
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 39.748
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 55.264
And all notifications have disappeared 11.314
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.223
And all tps features are enabled 4.919
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:46.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.067
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 4:3.695
And I enable persistence 42.842
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.173
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.741
And persistence is enabled 3.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.729
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 12.157
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.789
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.146
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 11.073
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.171
When I enable persistence 36.139
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.357
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 10.965
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.873
When I try to enable persistence 0.467
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.216
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.363
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.155
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.296
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:13.338
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 11.766
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.121
When I try to enable persistence 0.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.503
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.989
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.502
When I log in to a new session 42.587
And all notifications have disappeared 13.123
# 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" 0.436
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.075
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.962
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.059
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:28.616
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 12.769
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.337
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.562
When I try to enable persistence 0.429
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 27.011
When I log in to a new session 58.992
And all notifications have disappeared 9.945
Then the Tor Browser starts 30.318
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000