Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20872-more-gtk-launch 4 29 Mar 2025, 08:28

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 1:19:11.740 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
36:36.669
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:36.653
And I update APT using apt 35:0.015
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 11.047

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 03:42:27)

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20872-more-gtk-launch/4/artifact/build-artifacts/03:42:27_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20872-more-gtk-launch/4/artifact/build-artifacts/03:42:27_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20872-more-gtk-launch/4/artifact/build-artifacts/03:42:27_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.731
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 12.835
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.174
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.698
And persistence is disabled 0.309
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:17.825
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 13.808
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.470
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.031
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.696
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.672
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.288
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.625
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
59.869
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 11.053
And the system is very low on memory 4.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.545
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.362
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.414
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.568
And I free up some memory 3.576
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.617
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.135
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 27.667
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.736
And all tps features are active 3.347
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.415
When I disable the first tps feature 5.751
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.431
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.512
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.930
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
20.391
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 10.059
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.406
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.114
When I disable the first tps feature 5.885
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 3.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.125
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 9.341
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.615
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
And I disable the first tps feature 5.931
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.062
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.301
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 9.199
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 20.843
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.648
When I write some files expected to persist 1.492
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.564
# 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" 24.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:15.215
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 9.381
And the network is plugged 0.128
And Tor is ready 18.245
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.792
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.306
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 19.536
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.339
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
1:34.113
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 36.904
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.209
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.609
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:48.578
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.447
When I enable persistence 43.883
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.642
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.584
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.815
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.242
When I cold reboot the computer 10.506
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.050
Given I enable persistence 18.788
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.530
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.615
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
4:23.960
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 10.122
# 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 38.419
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.600
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:26.852
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 52.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:3.375
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 10.994
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.321
Then persistence is disabled 0.386
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.247
And all notifications have disappeared 10.151
When I delete the persistent partition 7.254
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.332
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 10.061
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:37.904
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:6.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.507
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 0.331
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 41.394
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.356
And all notifications have disappeared 8.382
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.317
And all tps features are enabled 3.582
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:12.208
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 3:48.709
And I enable persistence 30.586
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.117
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.993
And persistence is enabled 2.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.063
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 9.933
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.159
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.145
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 10.434
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.804
When I enable persistence 31.780
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.142
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 9.102
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 29.197
When I try to enable persistence 0.407
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.374
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.167
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.845
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.279
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:6.205
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 11.493
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.430
When I try to enable persistence 0.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.855
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 3.922
When I log in to a new session 40.712
And all notifications have disappeared 12.355
# 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" 0.413
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.623
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.664
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.327
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:13.993
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 9.269
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.146
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.581
When I try to enable persistence 0.735
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.576
When I log in to a new session 50.717
And all notifications have disappeared 10.026
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.918
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000