Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 8 29 May 2025, 09:28

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 42:6.405 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
1:59.030
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 1:59.030
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 9.342 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails Persistent Storage behave tests' (at time 02:38:51)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:38:51_Tails_Persistent_Storage_behave_tests.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.839
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 11.142
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.698
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.660
And persistence is disabled 0.284
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:19.360
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 13.866
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.807
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.228
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.983
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.506
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:26.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 13.139
And the system is very low on memory 12.728
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 3.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 33.277
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.501
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.732
And I free up some memory 3.741
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.514
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:17.685
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 15.085
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.224
And all tps features are active 2.932
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.016
When I disable the first tps feature 6.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.394
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.933
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.302
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
23.335
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 11.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.656
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.125
When I disable the first tps feature 7.070
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.116
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.080
When I enable the first tps feature 3.603
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.532
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 7.728
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.819
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.954
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 10.252
And the network is plugged 0.115
And Tor is ready 1:2.587
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 9.435 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition' (at time 02:50:08)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:08_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/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:08_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/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:08_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:08_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/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:50:08_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.821
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 11.514
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 1:3.210
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: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 8.987 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 02:51:32)
Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:32_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection_chutney-data
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:32_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/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:32_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:32_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:51:32_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.736
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 18.010
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.319
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.665
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:28.873
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.653
When I enable persistence 42.260
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.857
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.095
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.346
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.659
<"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 7.009 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 02:55:22)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:22_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:22_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:22_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:55:22_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:36.626
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 12.351
# 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 55.361
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.651
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:38.043
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
55.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.883
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.680
Then persistence is disabled 0.204
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.645
And all notifications have disappeared 7.936
When I delete the persistent partition 6.498
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.753
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 24.300
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.589
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:54.455
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 11.317
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 0.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 43.888
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.242
And all notifications have disappeared 9.699
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.383
And all tps features are enabled 3.293
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:44.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:19.601
And I enable persistence 38.343
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.684
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.712
And persistence is enabled 6.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.703
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 9.929
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.981
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.443
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 9.764
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.198
When I enable persistence 34.922
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.097
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.567
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 25.262
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.484
When I try to enable persistence 0.479
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.644
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.984
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.624
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.284
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.263
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 9.638
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 0.402
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.088
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.103
When I log in to a new session 39.131
And all notifications have disappeared 14.292
# 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" 0.520
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.195
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.051
Then the Tor Browser starts 28.058
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:26.349
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.280
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.024
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.808
When I try to enable persistence 0.582
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 30.765
When I log in to a new session 55.130
And all notifications have disappeared 12.346
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.486
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000