Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 13 03 Jun 2025, 09:21

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 39:18.318 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:56.164
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.164
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 8.670 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:35:51)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:51_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/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:35:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.917
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 11.238
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.221
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And persistence is disabled 0.764
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:18.666
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 logged in 17.155
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.554
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.341
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.704
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.799
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.765
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:8.530
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.381
And the system is very low on memory 5.954
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.183
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.283
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.568
And I free up some memory 3.211
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.427
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.706
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 13.655
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.475
And all tps features are active 2.937
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.501
When I disable the first tps feature 6.588
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.489
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
24.700
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 12.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.642
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.111
When I disable the first tps feature 7.986
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 3.104
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.689
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 enabled and logged in 11.959
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.391
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 7.201
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.998
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.841
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 10.806
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 1:3.950
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 9.714 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:46:24)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:46:24_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/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:46:24_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/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:46:24_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:46:24_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/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:46:24_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.651
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
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 11.944
And the network is plugged 0.117
And Tor is ready 1:4.589
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 9.007 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:47:50)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:50_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:50_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/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:50_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:50_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:50_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.869
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.753
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 18.960
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:34.884
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.261
When I enable persistence 44.340
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.638
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 32.657
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.145
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 2.839
<"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 6.839 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:51:39)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:39_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:39_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:39_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/13/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:39_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:7.138
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 11.910
# 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 49.373
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.075
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:20.226
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 32.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
53.491
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 11.182
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.902
Then persistence is disabled 0.362
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.920
And all notifications have disappeared 8.390
When I delete the persistent partition 6.752
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:32.716
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 11.030
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 1.620
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.735
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:41.045
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 9.406
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.592
And all notifications have disappeared 8.099
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.728
And all tps features are enabled 3.271
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:50.696
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 4:24.708
And I enable persistence 40.243
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.467
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.697
And persistence is enabled 3.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.917
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 12.509
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 31.482
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.417
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 12.622
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.249
When I enable persistence 42.742
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.171
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.438
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 9.921
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.405
When I try to enable persistence 0.453
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.919
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 9.943
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.421
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.257
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.995
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 9.113
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.132
When I try to enable persistence 0.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.409
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.099
When I log in to a new session 41.409
And all notifications have disappeared 11.264
# 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" 0.475
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.674
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.615
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.754
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.836
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 9.797
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.120
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.706
When I try to enable persistence 0.604
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 25.974
When I log in to a new session 45.873
And all notifications have disappeared 10.661
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.019
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000