Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3787 24 Apr 2025, 21:55

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 155 1 1 0 0 157 20 1 21 42:13.466 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:33.613
And I update APT using apt 12.828
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.152
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.939
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 11.484
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.642
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.606
And persistence is disabled 0.476
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.093
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 15.199
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.420
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.948
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.225
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.240
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.224
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.647
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:4.790
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.254
And the system is very low on memory 3.618
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.541
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.490
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.326
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.854
And I free up some memory 3.249
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.163
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.205
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 11.957
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And all tps features are active 2.528
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.546
When I disable the first tps feature 5.936
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.961
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.892
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:5.725
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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20.627
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 11.259
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.116
When I disable the first tps feature 5.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 3.073
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.804
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 9.346
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 5.465
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.673
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.851
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 8.914
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 23.419
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.543
When I write some files expected to persist 1.415
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.497
# 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" 23.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.435
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 9.702
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 18.471
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.765
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.405
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 17.767
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.339
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.131
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
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3:17.604
Scenario Creating persistence from the Welcome Screen
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.710
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.124
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 3:4.768
cannot 
cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:566:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:522: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:99:in `And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated'
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.078 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating persistence from the Welcome Screen' (at time 03:28:27)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3787/artifact/build-artifacts/03:28:27_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3787/artifact/build-artifacts/03:28:27_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3787/artifact/build-artifacts/03:28:27_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3787/artifact/build-artifacts/03:28:27_Creating_persistence_from_the_Welcome_Screen.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:53.308
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 28.685
When I enable persistence 36.360
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.317
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.862
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.550
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.554
When I cold reboot the computer 7.184
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.040
Given I enable persistence 16.865
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.469
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.178
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:32.191
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 9.879
# 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 36.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.985
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:3.869
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
57.274
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 9.045
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.128
Then persistence is disabled 0.481
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.422
And all notifications have disappeared 10.450
When I delete the persistent partition 5.925
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.006
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 10.604
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.601
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.146
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:32.549
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 8.989
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 0.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.997
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 36.859
And all notifications have disappeared 8.182
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.273
And all tps features are enabled 2.597
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:28.158
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:2.710
And I enable persistence 32.561
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.967
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.023
And persistence is enabled 2.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.453
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 10.002
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.598
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.754
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 9.312
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.940
When I enable persistence 28.856
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.089
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.830
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 9.303
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.103
When I try to enable persistence 0.466
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.225
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.066
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.615
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.279
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:54.011
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 8.517
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 0.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.587
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I log in to a new session 46.241
And all notifications have disappeared 9.938
# 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" 0.477
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.652
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.391
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.553
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:54.736
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 8.529
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.070
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.678
When I try to enable persistence 0.472
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.815
When I log in to a new session 51.445
And all notifications have disappeared 8.927
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.842
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000