Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 17 07 Jun 2025, 09:34

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 40:24.657 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:54.726
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 1:54.726
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 8.671 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:44:45)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:45_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:45_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/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:45_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:45_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:45_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.730
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 9.867
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.234
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.493
And persistence is disabled 0.618
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:24.891
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 18.276
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.563
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.161
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.993
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.771
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.469
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
1:5.225
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 13.180
And the system is very low on memory 4.498
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.618
When I try to create a persistent partition 20.321
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.393
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.602
And I free up some memory 3.583
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.709
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.185
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 14.067
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.658
And all tps features are active 3.160
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.313
When I disable the first tps feature 6.535
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.951
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.918
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.217
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
20.366
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 10.382
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.130
When I disable the first tps feature 6.056
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.099
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 3.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.537
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 10.294
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.238
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
And I disable the first tps feature 6.980
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.798
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.647
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 12.336
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 1:2.210
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 9.454 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:55:20)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:20_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/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:20_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/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:20_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:20_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/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:20_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.320
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 10.339
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 1:1.911
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 9.348 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:56:42)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:42_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:42_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/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:42_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:42_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/02:56:42_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.504
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.146
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.450
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.865
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.220
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 12.961
When I enable persistence 45.438
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.341
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 24.301
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.576
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.600
<"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 6.868 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 03:00:27)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:27_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:27_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:27_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/17/artifact/build-artifacts/03:00:27_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:58.963
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 10.425
# 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 39.330
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.249
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:19.545
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
52.350
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 11.054
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.325
Then persistence is disabled 0.310
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.826
And all notifications have disappeared 9.068
When I delete the persistent partition 6.760
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.352
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 9.738
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.974
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.937
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:59.709
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 9.840
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.114
When I try to enable persistence 0.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 42.092
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.069
And all notifications have disappeared 10.992
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 6.180
And all tps features are enabled 9.842
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:32.140
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 6:3.690
And I enable persistence 41.058
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.087
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.479
And persistence is enabled 2.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.906
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.469
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.535
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.437
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 9.269
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.917
When I enable persistence 37.708
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.137
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.277
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 9.601
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.639
When I try to enable persistence 0.457
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.257
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.335
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.652
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.265
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:1.950
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 9.656
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.114
When I try to enable persistence 0.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.536
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 3.922
When I log in to a new session 33.709
And all notifications have disappeared 12.955
# 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" 0.525
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.292
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.505
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.950
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.214
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 9.977
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.618
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.531
When I try to enable persistence 0.542
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.391
When I log in to a new session 43.930
And all notifications have disappeared 9.289
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.464
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000