Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20860-unsafe-browser-desktop-portals 10 14 May 2025, 21:00

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 47:19.033 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:27.065
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 1:44.698
And I update APT using apt 13.109
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.245
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.696
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 10.978
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.481
And persistence is disabled 0.411
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:28.416
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 17.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.235
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.266
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.677
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:35.300
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)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:295:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:26:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.000
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.098 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage' (at time 03:12:53)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20860-unsafe-browser-desktop-portals/10/artifact/build-artifacts/03:12:53_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20860-unsafe-browser-desktop-portals/10/artifact/build-artifacts/03:12:53_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20860-unsafe-browser-desktop-portals/10/artifact/build-artifacts/03:12:53_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20860-unsafe-browser-desktop-portals/10/artifact/build-artifacts/03:12:53_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:0.681
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.521
And the system is very low on memory 5.141
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.995
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.680
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.271
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.553
And I free up some memory 3.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.110
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:57.474
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 12.125
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
And all tps features are active 2.336
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.518
When I disable the first tps feature 5.771
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.853
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.963
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
20.401
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 10.559
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.185
When I disable the first tps feature 5.942
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.105
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.075
When I enable the first tps feature 3.201
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.698
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 5.660
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.619
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.977
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 11.648
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 29.734
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.621
When I write some files expected to persist 1.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.661
# 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" 24.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.202
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 9.838
And the network is plugged 0.103
And Tor is ready 20.291
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.731
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.003
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.110
And Tor is ready 19.344
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.351
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
1:30.430
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 38.945
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.116
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.536
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:54.548
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 16.731
When I enable persistence 37.494
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.043
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.645
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.698
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.443
When I cold reboot the computer 7.775
And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.484
Given I enable persistence 18.471
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.669
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.768
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
4:11.281
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 9.983
# 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 45.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.839
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:26.326
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
57.176
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 10.111
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.874
Then persistence is disabled 0.298
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.357
And all notifications have disappeared 10.818
When I delete the persistent partition 6.803
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.874
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 9.908
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.005
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.370
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:52.563
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 9.115
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 0.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 31.484
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.243
And all notifications have disappeared 9.669
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.950
And all tps features are enabled 8.034
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:48.790
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 5:21.157
And I enable persistence 33.608
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.999
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.386
And persistence is enabled 3.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.252
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 10.325
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.079
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.868
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 10.892
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.497
When I enable persistence 28.519
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.111
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.342
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 9.834
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.169
When I try to enable persistence 0.507
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.804
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.712
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.169
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.031
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.319
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:26.770
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 24.221
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.170
When I try to enable persistence 0.389
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 38.126
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.663
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.088
When I log in to a new session 44.074
And all notifications have disappeared 10.006
# 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" 0.793
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.112
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.470
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.310
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.934
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 9.583
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.403
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.685
When I try to enable persistence 0.433
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.751
When I log in to a new session 42.556
And all notifications have disappeared 8.945
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.584
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000