Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 15 05 Jun 2025, 17:49

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 58:35.137 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:37.748
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 2:53.998
And I update APT using apt 13.282
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.775
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.514
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 13.226
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 34.651
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.108
And persistence is disabled 1.273
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:49.797
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 18.157
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.775
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.898
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.404
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:35.166
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.412
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:29.644
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 29.426
And the system is very low on memory 6.692
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.301
When I try to create a persistent partition 16.541
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.269
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.007
And I free up some memory 3.349
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.028
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:55.159
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 43.131
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And all tps features are active 2.821
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.801
When I disable the first tps feature 6.883
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:33.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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24.596
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 14.405
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 6.146
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.116
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.091
When I enable the first tps feature 3.362
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.903
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 11.669
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.121
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I disable the first tps feature 5.889
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.029
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.798
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 10.772
And the network is plugged 0.351
And Tor is ready 25.022
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.689
When I write some files expected to persist 1.835
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.440
# 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" 25.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:35.093
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 10.638
And the network is plugged 0.118
And Tor is ready 25.088
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.380
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.796
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:27.068
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 19.950
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.638
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.168
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
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1:24.975
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.541
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.346
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 39.519
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:8.458
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 12.345
When I enable persistence 58.068
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.278
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.128
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.031
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.395
When I cold reboot the computer 11.966
And the computer reboots Tails 2:2.043
Given I enable persistence 24.281
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.660
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.044
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
5:8.310
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 13.792
# 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 40.783
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.075
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:28.753
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:29.473
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 12.438
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 36.839
Then persistence is disabled 0.684
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.186
And all notifications have disappeared 15.218
When I delete the persistent partition 4.570
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:42.362
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 12.746
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.015
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:15.567
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:57.170
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 9.649
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.113
When I try to enable persistence 0.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 42.662
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.914
And all notifications have disappeared 10.779
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.146
And all tps features are enabled 3.135
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:12.134
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 4:42.912
And I enable persistence 41.725
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.066
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.373
And persistence is enabled 7.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.261
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 9.224
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.195
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.265
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 9.184
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.766
When I enable persistence 35.298
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.099
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.607
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 9.747
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.977
When I try to enable persistence 0.543
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.146
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.785
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.881
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.591
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.321
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:44.376
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 9.317
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.149
When I try to enable persistence 0.410
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 50.754
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.481
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I log in to a new session 47.905
And all notifications have disappeared 23.081
# 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" 5.877
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 5.383
When I close the "whisperback" window 13.801
Then the Tor Browser starts 4.571
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
4:15.483
Scenario Filesystem and I/O errors
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.166
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.255
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.023
When I try to enable persistence 0.906
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 30.487
When I log in to a new session 41.991
And all notifications have disappeared 22.039
Then the Tor Browser starts 2:13.612
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/browser.rb:469:in `/^the Tor Browser (?:has started|starts)$/'
features/persistence.feature:213:in `Then the Tor Browser starts'
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.213 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Filesystem and I/O errors' (at time 06:26:24)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/15/artifact/build-artifacts/06:26:24_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/15/artifact/build-artifacts/06:26:24_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/15/artifact/build-artifacts/06:26:24_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/15/artifact/build-artifacts/06:26:24_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000