Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 10 31 May 2025, 09:46

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 131 4 22 0 0 157 17 4 21 41:8.896 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:1.206
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.206
TCA 
TCA did not start (TorBootstrapFailure)
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:375:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:371:in `/^the Tor Connection Assistant (?:autostarts|is running)$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:652:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ and\ logged\ in\ with\ an\ administration\ password\ and\ the\ network\ is\ connected$/'
features/persistence.feature:7:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected'
And I update APT using apt 0.000
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 8.815 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:38:04)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:04_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.258
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.736
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.898
And persistence is disabled 0.375
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:19.436
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 13.464
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.841
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 3.279
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.891
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.074
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.393
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
1:3.596
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 logged in 15.028
And the system is very low on memory 3.339
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.348
When I try to create a persistent partition 21.857
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.443
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.729
And I free up some memory 3.381
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.159
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.025
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 12.428
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.935
And all tps features are active 2.887
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.065
When I disable the first tps feature 6.850
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.727
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
22.936
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 11.593
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.440
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.175
When I disable the first tps feature 6.717
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 3.528
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.894
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 10.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
And I disable the first tps feature 6.152
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.067
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.180
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.614
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 1:3.465
TCA 
TCA did not start (TorBootstrapFailure)
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:375:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:371:in `/^the Tor Connection Assistant (?:autostarts|is running)$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:652:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
features/persistence.feature:75:in `And Tor is ready'
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.000
When I write some files expected to persist 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
# 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" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.382 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:48:37)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:37_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:37_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:37_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:37_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:37_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.952
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.050
And the network is plugged 0.149
And Tor is ready 1:2.752
TCA 
TCA did not start (TorBootstrapFailure)
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:375:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:371:in `/^the Tor Connection Assistant (?:autostarts|is running)$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:652:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
features/persistence.feature:85:in `And Tor is ready'
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 9.816 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:50:03)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:03_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:03_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:03_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:03_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:03_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.999
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.318
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.178
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.717
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 41.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.694
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.621
When I enable persistence 45.870
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.763
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.822
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.986
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.630
<"TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE\n" 
<"TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE\n" +
"TAILS_LOCALE_NAME=de_DE\n" +
"TAILS_MACSPOOF_ENABLED=false\n" +
"TAILS_NETWORK=false\n" +
"TAILS_UNSAFE_BROWSER_ENABLED=false\n" +
"TAILS_XKBLAYOUT=de\n" +
"TAILS_XKBMODEL=pc105\n" +
"TAILS_XKBVARIANT=\n"> expected but was
<"TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE\n" +
"TAILS_MACSPOOF_ENABLED=false\n" +
"TAILS_NETWORK=false\n" +
"TAILS_UNSAFE_BROWSER_ENABLED=false\n">.

diff:
  TAILS_FORMATS=de_DE
- TAILS_LOCALE_NAME=de_DE
  TAILS_MACSPOOF_ENABLED=false
  TAILS_NETWORK=false
  TAILS_UNSAFE_BROWSER_ENABLED=false
- TAILS_XKBLAYOUT=de
- TAILS_XKBMODEL=pc105
- TAILS_XKBVARIANT= (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1633:in `/^all Greeter options are set to (non-)?default values$/'
features/persistence.feature:108:in `Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values'
When I cold reboot the computer 0.000
And the computer reboots Tails 0.000
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.213 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:54:02)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:02_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:16.123
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 10.408
# 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 45.324
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.058
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:23.976
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 38.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
53.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.121
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.822
Then persistence is disabled 0.252
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.770
And all notifications have disappeared 9.599
When I delete the persistent partition 6.900
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:40.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.987
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.377
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:54.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.235
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 0.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.480
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.911
And all notifications have disappeared 10.847
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.650
And all tps features are enabled 4.975
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:15.814
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:45.985
And I enable persistence 41.837
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.241
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.941
And persistence is enabled 2.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 21.824
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.760
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.305
When I enable persistence 37.362
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.773
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.306
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.478
When I try to enable persistence 0.440
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.815
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.096
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.960
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.857
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.255
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.997
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.135
When I try to enable persistence 0.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.669
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.114
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I log in to a new session 37.716
And all notifications have disappeared 9.924
# 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" 0.414
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.547
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.428
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.768
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:3.548
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 9.711
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.134
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.716
When I try to enable persistence 0.503
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 24.411
When I log in to a new session 43.617
And all notifications have disappeared 9.987
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.377
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000