Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3824 20 May 2025, 13:33

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 150 1 6 0 0 157 20 1 21 1:6:10.694 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:26.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:42.049
And I update APT using apt 13.991
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.279
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.044
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 16.407
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 29.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.521
And persistence is disabled 0.481
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.700
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 11.651
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.399
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.176
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.330
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.304
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:3.168
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 14.670
And the system is very low on memory 3.352
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.510
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.661
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.383
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.715
And I free up some memory 3.470
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.089
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.690
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 14.838
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.685
And all tps features are active 2.711
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.740
When I disable the first tps feature 8.358
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.398
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
23.464
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 11.935
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.190
When I disable the first tps feature 7.770
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.089
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 3.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.419
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 11.653
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.228
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I disable the first tps feature 7.606
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.671
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.019
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 11.645
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 25.579
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.593
When I write some files expected to persist 1.818
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.715
# 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" 25.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22:55.688
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.744
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 20.912
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.794
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 22:14.938
execution 
execution expired (RemoteShell::Timeout)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `read'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `block (3 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:55:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:298:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:88:in `Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
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 10.920 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 03:57:07)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3824/artifact/build-artifacts/03:57:07_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3824/artifact/build-artifacts/03:57:07_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3824/artifact/build-artifacts/03:57:07_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:14.402
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 19.084
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.178
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.256
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:2.098
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 16.002
When I enable persistence 42.769
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.628
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.696
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.231
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.678
When I cold reboot the computer 9.942
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.664
Given I enable persistence 18.538
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.629
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.821
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
4:17.058
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 12.037
# 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 40.293
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.870
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:33.252
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
59.451
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 10.913
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.713
Then persistence is disabled 0.396
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.531
And all notifications have disappeared 9.311
When I delete the persistent partition 6.589
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.334
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.766
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.902
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.240
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:52.287
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 12.302
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 0.470
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.467
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.969
And all notifications have disappeared 8.607
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.998
And all tps features are enabled 3.080
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:37.507
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:6.417
And I enable persistence 33.395
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.664
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.220
And persistence is enabled 7.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.674
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.320
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 41.379
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.718
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 10.677
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.108
When I enable persistence 42.321
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.120
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.785
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 11.717
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.075
When I try to enable persistence 0.495
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.329
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.452
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.814
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.426
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.396
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:16.715
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.242
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.134
When I try to enable persistence 0.591
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.118
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.454
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I log in to a new session 47.631
And all notifications have disappeared 11.428
# 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" 0.399
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.820
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.846
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.907
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.901
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 10.203
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.696
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.597
When I try to enable persistence 0.434
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.835
When I log in to a new session 46.675
And all notifications have disappeared 10.451
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 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000