Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 15 05 Jun 2025, 09:33

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 42:2.168 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:58.318
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.318
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 9.027 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:41:22)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:22_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:22_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/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:22_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:22_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:22_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.983
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 11.972
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.266
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.466
And persistence is disabled 0.437
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:28.281
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 16.167
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.504
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.258
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.162
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.013
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.009
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.457
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:9.012
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 12.337
And the system is very low on memory 6.990
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.930
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.491
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.677
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.757
And I free up some memory 3.047
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.493
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:59.139
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 13.392
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.706
And all tps features are active 2.565
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.764
When I disable the first tps feature 6.016
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.315
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
23.066
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 13.112
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.211
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 5.977
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 3.282
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.567
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 10.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.369
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I disable the first tps feature 6.590
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.825
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.505
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.781
And the network is plugged 0.320
And Tor is ready 1:2.403
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 10.266 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:52:01)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:01_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/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:01_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/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:01_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:01_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/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:01_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.302
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.791
And the network is plugged 0.129
And Tor is ready 1:2.381
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 9.340 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:53:25)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:25_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:25_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/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:25_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:25_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:25_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.622
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 16.867
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.207
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.736
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:34.283
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.964
When I enable persistence 45.556
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.092
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.327
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.965
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.378
<"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 7.797 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:57:20)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:57:20_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:57:20_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:57:20_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/15/artifact/build-artifacts/02:57:20_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:59.297
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 10.669
# 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 36.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.434
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:22.198
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
52.292
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 10.323
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.459
Then persistence is disabled 0.643
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.453
And all notifications have disappeared 9.201
When I delete the persistent partition 6.489
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.677
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 10.701
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.285
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:43.471
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 10.280
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.648
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.501
And all notifications have disappeared 11.237
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.645
And all tps features are enabled 3.247
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:53.832
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7:31.642
And I enable persistence 36.535
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.338
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.076
And persistence is enabled 4.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.369
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 11.053
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.434
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.643
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 11.082
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.615
When I enable persistence 38.731
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.091
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.712
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 9.396
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.753
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.875
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.475
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.868
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.363
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:58.105
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 9.441
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 0.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.256
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.108
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I log in to a new session 35.023
And all notifications have disappeared 9.164
# 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" 1.416
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.717
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.848
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.548
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.683
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 9.746
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.049
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.646
When I try to enable persistence 0.479
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.043
When I log in to a new session 45.107
And all notifications have disappeared 11.442
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.943
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000