Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 33 19 Jun 2025, 09:16

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 149 2 6 0 0 157 19 2 21 1:4:30.064 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:39.642
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:39.997
And I update APT using apt 17.703
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 35.734
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 6.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.218
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 50.487
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.860
And persistence is disabled 0.316
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:9.389
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.129
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 44.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.973
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.275
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.295
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.614
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:19.867
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.815
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:23.366
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 16.314
And the system is very low on memory 4.885
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.446
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.714
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.915
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.891
And I free up some memory 3.211
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.398
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:54.550
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.085
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.427
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.808
And all tps features are active 3.980
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.162
When I disable the first tps feature 5.054
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.849
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.822
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:52.352
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
Tags: @product
27.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.057
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.834
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I disable the first tps feature 7.657
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.387
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.208
When I enable the first tps feature 3.789
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.784
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 12.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.430
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
And I disable the first tps feature 5.729
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.755
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.325
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 15.949
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 26.411
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.989
When I write some files expected to persist 6.875
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.986
# 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" 37.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:37.334
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 14.203
And the network is plugged 0.111
And Tor is ready 51.745
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.478
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.733
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:49.267
And I capture all network traffic 0.188
And the network is plugged 0.253
And Tor is ready 25.731
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.119
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.329
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
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1:42.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.987
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.145
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 47.922
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 36.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:13.249
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.717
When I enable persistence 1:27.301
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 18.197
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 52.892
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:3.493
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.817
When I cold reboot the computer 12.910
And the computer reboots Tails 2:16.026
Given I enable persistence 25.760
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 1.453
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 17.679
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with name='Start Tails' roleName='button'
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:516: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:113:in `When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage'
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.542 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 06:38:09)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:38:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:38:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:38:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:38:09_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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5:38.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.030
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.907
# 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 49.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.437
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:42.279
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.087
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20.942
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.198
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 9.743
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:538: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:128:in `And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
When I delete the persistent partition 0.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.482 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 06:44:22)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:44:22_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:44:22_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:44:22_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/33/artifact/build-artifacts/06:44:22_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:15.680
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 14.109
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.864
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:49.709
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:40.694
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 11.696
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.605
When I try to enable persistence 1.645
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 57.936
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.982
And all notifications have disappeared 16.142
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 6.644
And all tps features are enabled 5.608
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:52.076
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 4:59.712
And I enable persistence 58.015
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.482
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.230
And persistence is enabled 6.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
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 10.739
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 42.664
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 3.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.685
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.034
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.919
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.264
When I enable persistence 1:5.083
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.368
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.028
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.926
When I try to enable persistence 2.371
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 47.911
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.509
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.083
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.356
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:13.000
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 16.653
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.109
When I try to enable persistence 0.538
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 52.359
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.554
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I log in to a new session 1:8.018
And all notifications have disappeared 38.936
# 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" 1.389
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.233
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.654
Then the Tor Browser starts 7.202
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:3.855
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 9.477
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.774
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.809
When I try to enable persistence 1.367
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 42.938
When I log in to a new session 57.824
And all notifications have disappeared 49.808
Then the Tor Browser starts 6.307
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000