Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 21 11 Jun 2025, 09:07

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 36:47.032 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:55.013
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 1:55.013
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 8.629 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:30:03)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:03_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:03_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/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:03_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:03_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:03_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.664
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 20.750
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.191
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.471
And persistence is disabled 0.653
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:38.343
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 31.900
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.405
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.861
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.711
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.612
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.608
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:6.823
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 14.223
And the system is very low on memory 6.586
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.403
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.903
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.475
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.646
And I free up some memory 3.157
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.843
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.321
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 11.574
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.148
And all tps features are active 2.464
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.750
When I disable the first tps feature 5.884
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.978
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.978
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:0.323
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
20.284
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 10.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.237
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I disable the first tps feature 5.660
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.089
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 3.243
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.034
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 10.271
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.268
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I disable the first tps feature 5.701
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.616
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.097
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.027
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.209
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 1:2.778
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 9.130 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:40:33)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_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/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_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/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_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/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:33_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.449
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 9.950
And the network is plugged 0.129
And Tor is ready 1:2.369
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 9.154 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:41:54)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:54_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:54_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/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:54_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:54_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:54_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.553
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.846
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.136
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.370
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 33.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.496
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 11.315
When I enable persistence 41.909
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.407
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 22.853
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.621
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.388
<"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 6.700 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:45:18)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:18_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:18_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:18_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/21/artifact/build-artifacts/02:45:18_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:5.519
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 9.867
# 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 39.026
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.524
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:22.287
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 41.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
51.758
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 9.695
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.222
Then persistence is disabled 0.297
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.239
And all notifications have disappeared 8.059
When I delete the persistent partition 7.329
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.820
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 13.954
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.361
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.001
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.098
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:36.875
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 9.216
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 0.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.377
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.953
And all notifications have disappeared 8.430
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.429
And all tps features are enabled 2.820
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:49.966
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 3:30.183
And I enable persistence 32.097
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.087
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.572
And persistence is enabled 4.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.210
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 9.207
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.232
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.151
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 9.540
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.479
When I enable persistence 31.212
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.104
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.254
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 9.165
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.344
When I try to enable persistence 0.608
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.391
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.515
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.330
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.719
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.601
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:46.978
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 8.790
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.939
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.077
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.100
When I log in to a new session 32.310
And all notifications have disappeared 10.078
# 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" 0.338
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.663
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.625
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.796
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.413
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 9.235
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.726
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.590
When I try to enable persistence 0.543
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 26.300
When I log in to a new session 50.016
And all notifications have disappeared 10.312
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.556
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000