Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 41 28 Jun 2025, 08:27

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 1:6:59.538 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:42.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:44.711
And I update APT using apt 17.660
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 33.879
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 6.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.762
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 17.164
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 44.664
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
And persistence is disabled 0.331
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:50.042
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 20.673
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.371
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.237
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.562
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 4.223
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.583
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:25.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.729
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
1:27.743
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 18.753
And the system is very low on memory 7.877
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.722
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.877
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.217
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.669
And I free up some memory 3.607
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.656
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:56.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.198
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And all tps features are active 3.119
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.675
When I disable the first tps feature 4.433
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.300
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:59.897
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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27.537
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 enabled and logged in 17.664
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.225
When I disable the first tps feature 5.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.099
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.071
When I enable the first tps feature 3.202
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.026
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 17.874
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.183
And I disable the first tps feature 4.796
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 6.969
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.130
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 12.428
And the network is plugged 3.062
And Tor is ready 24.144
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.686
When I write some files expected to persist 2.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.939
# 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" 40.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:48.284
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 29.946
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 23.155
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.892
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.660
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:14.574
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 24.398
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.081
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.212
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
Tags: @product
1:56.138
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 19.400
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.269
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 53.839
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 41.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:18.443
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 18.013
When I enable persistence 1:19.286
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 17.369
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 56.270
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:3.432
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.229
When I cold reboot the computer 16.093
And the computer reboots Tails 2:20.751
Given I enable persistence 27.299
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.913
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 18.783
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 11.598 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:58:55)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:55_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:55_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:55_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/05:58:55_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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6:36.285
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 14.444
# 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 1:3.845
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.229
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 4:14.278
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 41.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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1:25.813
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 11.588
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 43.629
Then persistence is disabled 0.407
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.202
And all notifications have disappeared 16.846
When I delete the persistent partition 5.228
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:31.624
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 16.999
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.630
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:59.786
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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2:28.122
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 9.850
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 0.679
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 54.411
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.714
And all notifications have disappeared 15.752
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.402
And all tps features are enabled 3.261
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:53.195
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 4:52.481
And I enable persistence 1:3.516
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.073
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.123
And persistence is enabled 3.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.752
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 25.949
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 48.819
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.383
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 12.964
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.491
When I enable persistence 1:5.168
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.283
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.627
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 9.917
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.809
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 47.873
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.663
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.581
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.374
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:4.561
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 13.944
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.238
When I try to enable persistence 0.490
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 56.218
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.181
When I log in to a new session 57.203
And all notifications have disappeared 34.984
# 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" 9.161
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 3.255
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.591
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.472
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:53.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.048
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.163
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.237
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.402
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 46.851
When I log in to a new session 59.073
And all notifications have disappeared 27.830
Then the Tor Browser starts 10.708
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000