Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3851 03 Jun 2025, 13:39

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 152 1 4 0 0 157 20 1 21 51:15.373 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:29.332
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 1:47.294
And I update APT using apt 13.530
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.110
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.741
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 15.095
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.242
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.627
And persistence is disabled 0.411
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:31.082
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 55.336
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.960
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.154
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.680
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:46.040
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.306
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:23.924
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 20.446
And the system is very low on memory 9.014
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.778
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.943
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.582
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.754
And I free up some memory 3.636
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.556
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:31.737
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 31.451
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.605
And all tps features are active 2.772
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.743
When I disable the first tps feature 6.138
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.317
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
20.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.114
When I disable the first tps feature 5.822
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.123
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.109
When I enable the first tps feature 3.158
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.720
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 10.262
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 7.282
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.902
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.728
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 enabled and logged in 10.182
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 23.492
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.688
When I write some files expected to persist 1.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.146
# 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" 26.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:26.923
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 10.453
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 18.896
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.240
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.661
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.821
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.111
And Tor is ready 21.950
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.145
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
1:10.610
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.536
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.158
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.049
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:56.727
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 14.429
When I enable persistence 50.749
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.804
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.026
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.162
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.550
When I cold reboot the computer 7.640
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.628
Given I enable persistence 18.711
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.625
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.086
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
3:54.067
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 10.516
# 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 34.235
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.299
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:17.466
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:3.059
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 10.843
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.124
Then persistence is disabled 0.660
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.745
And all notifications have disappeared 11.659
When I delete the persistent partition 6.192
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:35.364
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 enabled and logged in 10.026
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.832
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.883
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
3:53.948
Scenario Feature activation fails
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 9.831
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.179
When I try to enable persistence 0.457
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.137
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 3:9.343
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:147:in `When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage'
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 0.000
And all tps features are enabled 0.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.070 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Feature activation fails' (at time 03:58:37)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3851/artifact/build-artifacts/03:58:37_Feature_activation_fails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3851/artifact/build-artifacts/03:58:37_Feature_activation_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3851/artifact/build-artifacts/03:58:37_Feature_activation_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/3851/artifact/build-artifacts/03:58:37_Feature_activation_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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8:58.545
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 7:13.758
And I enable persistence 49.751
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.004
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.393
And persistence is enabled 3.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.885
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 10.706
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.436
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.844
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 9.914
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.870
When I enable persistence 30.734
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.108
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.944
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 9.176
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.913
When I try to enable persistence 0.485
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.190
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.443
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.744
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.247
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.288
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:1.245
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 9.431
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.120
When I try to enable persistence 0.446
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.142
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 1.564
When I log in to a new session 41.696
And all notifications have disappeared 9.347
# 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" 0.319
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.513
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.386
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.003
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.662
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 9.443
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.164
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.700
When I try to enable persistence 0.675
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.369
When I log in to a new session 49.677
And all notifications have disappeared 11.963
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.583
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000