Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_codespell 16 30 Jun 2025, 11:01

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 153 1 3 0 0 157 20 1 21 55:16.833 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
3:11.148
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:20.448
And I update APT using apt 15.687
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 32.563
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.287
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.818
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 8.468
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:519:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:14:in `When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.758 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 04:12:04)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:12:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:12:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:12:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:12:04_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:21.121
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 15.333
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.697
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.339
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.252
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 5.840
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:6.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.684
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
1:18.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 17.545
And the system is very low on memory 3.666
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.144
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.077
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.608
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.892
And I free up some memory 2.584
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.751
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:50.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 19.658
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.770
And all tps features are active 2.827
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 8.229
When I disable the first tps feature 7.973
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.866
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.825
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:43.544
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.128
Tags: @product
25.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.055
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 9.915
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.412
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.173
When I enable the first tps feature 3.824
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.429
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.944
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
And I disable the first tps feature 7.026
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 9.049
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.670
And the network is plugged 0.340
And Tor is ready 25.918
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.604
When I write some files expected to persist 1.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.244
# 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" 31.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:28.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.864
And the network is plugged 0.141
And Tor is ready 28.844
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.335
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.333
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:1.478
And I capture all network traffic 0.141
And the network is plugged 0.280
And Tor is ready 28.991
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.684
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.204
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
Tags: @product
1:15.521
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 16.284
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.437
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 27.263
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:49.718
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 17.117
When I enable persistence 59.300
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.823
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.175
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.084
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.679
When I cold reboot the computer 11.473
And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.435
Given I enable persistence 23.600
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.571
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.821
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
5:26.036
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 enabled and logged in 13.493
# 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 53.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.520
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:24.858
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:17.844
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 13.153
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.170
Then persistence is disabled 0.410
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.917
And all notifications have disappeared 7.392
When I delete the persistent partition 11.549
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:17.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.350
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.459
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:53.511
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
2:28.543
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 14.912
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.140
When I try to enable persistence 0.626
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 55.513
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.713
And all notifications have disappeared 14.696
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.421
And all tps features are enabled 3.102
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:43.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.056
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 4:43.768
And I enable persistence 49.585
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 59.552
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.950
And persistence is enabled 3.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.277
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.681
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 33.702
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.185
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 15.040
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.470
When I enable persistence 49.318
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.148
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.322
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.131
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.308
When I try to enable persistence 0.603
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 40.232
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.105
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 2.782
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 6.140
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.449
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:48.799
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 24.546
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 0.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 43.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.782
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.290
When I log in to a new session 54.338
And all notifications have disappeared 14.068
# 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" 0.382
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.723
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.546
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.548
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 3.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:48.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.044
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.911
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.546
When I try to enable persistence 0.382
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 38.940
When I log in to a new session 57.423
And all notifications have disappeared 9.961
Then the Tor Browser starts 34.549
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000