Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_codespell 2 18 Jun 2025, 02:48

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 54:21.330 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:25.840
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:26.355
And I update APT using apt 20.835
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 34.865
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.835
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 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:5.262
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 7.572
<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 5.682 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 04:21:01)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/2/artifact/build-artifacts/04:21:01_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/2/artifact/build-artifacts/04:21:01_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/2/artifact/build-artifacts/04:21:01_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/2/artifact/build-artifacts/04:21:01_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:16.119
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 logged in 23.054
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.525
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.526
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.779
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:58.990
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.956
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
1:27.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 19.387
And the system is very low on memory 5.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.079
When I try to create a persistent partition 31.974
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.254
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.169
And I free up some memory 2.837
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.583
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:10.673
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.033
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 37.287
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.061
And all tps features are active 3.596
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.970
When I disable the first tps feature 7.159
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.811
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:56.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
27.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I disable the first tps feature 6.292
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.098
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.076
When I enable the first tps feature 4.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.287
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.391
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 11.886
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.118
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I disable the first tps feature 9.485
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.734
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.374
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 12.852
And the network is plugged 0.182
And Tor is ready 23.269
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.094
When I write some files expected to persist 2.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.998
# 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" 31.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:43.721
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 13.422
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 21.432
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.187
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.919
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:35.115
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 23.912
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.355
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.156
Tags: @product
1:11.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.115
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.205
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.265
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 27.004
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:14.449
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 13.700
When I enable persistence 47.821
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.620
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.368
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.873
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.510
When I cold reboot the computer 9.001
And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.893
Given I enable persistence 22.623
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 1.077
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.471
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
4:57.344
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 enabled and logged in 9.656
# 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 42.888
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.342
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:59.432
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 49.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:11.492
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 13.283
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.607
Then persistence is disabled 0.308
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.391
And all notifications have disappeared 9.822
When I delete the persistent partition 7.737
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:27.147
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 11.568
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.457
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:1.330
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
2:14.709
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 11.082
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 0.522
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 42.414
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 59.574
And all notifications have disappeared 7.808
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 6.333
And all tps features are enabled 4.179
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:15.971
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:18.434
And I enable persistence 53.805
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.136
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.326
And persistence is enabled 4.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.716
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.099
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.764
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.961
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 13.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.939
When I enable persistence 52.643
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.136
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.273
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 9.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.649
When I try to enable persistence 0.844
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 40.907
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.017
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.312
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.303
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:51.170
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.865
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.182
When I try to enable persistence 1.471
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 50.792
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.393
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.344
When I log in to a new session 58.552
And all notifications have disappeared 13.542
# 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" 4.343
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.271
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.387
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.875
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:14.952
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 15.374
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.375
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.702
When I try to enable persistence 0.467
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 46.847
When I log in to a new session 1:12.274
And all notifications have disappeared 9.408
Then the Tor Browser starts 30.449
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000