Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 20 10 Jun 2025, 09:37

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 48:11.596 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:56.918
Scenario Tails Persistent Storage behave tests
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.918
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 8.631 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:37:23)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:23_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:23_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:23_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:23_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:23_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.779
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 10.974
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.782
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.532
And persistence is disabled 0.460
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:26.563
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 16.233
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.524
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.308
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.775
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.329
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.852
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:6.559
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 12.577
And the system is very low on memory 6.725
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.269
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.505
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.375
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.650
And I free up some memory 3.260
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.902
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.066
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 13.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.541
And all tps features are active 5.010
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.915
When I disable the first tps feature 5.863
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.002
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.779
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
22.419
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 11.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 6.258
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.089
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.099
When I enable the first tps feature 3.863
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.047
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 11.136
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.134
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I disable the first tps feature 6.448
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.165
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.618
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.367
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 1:2.162
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 9.369 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:47:51)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:51_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:51_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:51_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:51_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:47:51_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.727
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 9.817
And the network is plugged 0.112
And Tor is ready 1:2.797
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 9.127 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:49:13)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:49:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:49:13_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:49:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:49:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:49:13_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.565
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.154
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.143
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.768
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:31.113
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 12.362
When I enable persistence 46.075
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.820
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.428
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.165
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.260
<"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 6.102 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:52:58)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:58_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:58_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:58_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/20/artifact/build-artifacts/02:52:58_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:54.926
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 10.578
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 38.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.998
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:13.849
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 38.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
57.831
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 12.246
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.381
Then persistence is disabled 0.441
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.326
And all notifications have disappeared 8.942
When I delete the persistent partition 7.671
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:47.056
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 9.738
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.611
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
2:4.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.762
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 0.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 39.808
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.022
And all notifications have disappeared 15.272
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.954
And all tps features are enabled 4.439
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13:39.730
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12:3.006
And I enable persistence 46.486
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.243
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.963
And persistence is enabled 6.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.015
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 16.846
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 45.028
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.852
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 11.959
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.526
When I enable persistence 1:3.913
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.120
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.069
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 10.881
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.273
When I try to enable persistence 1.710
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.699
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.982
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.995
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.084
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 2.094
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.102
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 12.155
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.123
When I try to enable persistence 0.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 39.235
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.357
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I log in to a new session 36.867
And all notifications have disappeared 12.241
# 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" 0.614
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.795
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.618
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.468
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:3.606
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 9.796
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.255
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.645
When I try to enable persistence 0.513
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.747
When I log in to a new session 49.871
And all notifications have disappeared 12.891
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.903
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000