Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 43 30 Jun 2025, 08:16

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 1:8:40.379 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:26.162
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 2:33.986
And I update APT using apt 17.423
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 31.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:33.807
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 20.618
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 1:7.578
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.571
And persistence is disabled 0.431
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:16.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 17.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 7.226
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.460
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.820
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.350
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.870
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:46.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.010
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.109
Tags: @product
1:36.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.087
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.326
And the system is very low on memory 8.947
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.968
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.878
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.578
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.249
And I free up some memory 7.844
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.956
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:49.827
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 enabled and logged in 16.407
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.764
And all tps features are active 7.985
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 4.638
When I disable the first tps feature 5.062
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.300
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:50.258
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
23.981
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 15.953
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.269
When I disable the first tps feature 3.942
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.082
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 3.305
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.303
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 16.188
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I disable the first tps feature 4.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 9.019
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.617
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 enabled and logged in 10.788
And the network is plugged 1.150
And Tor is ready 26.735
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.756
When I write some files expected to persist 2.353
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.588
# 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" 39.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:48.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.608
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 29.531
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.344
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.392
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:46.124
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 57.503
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.292
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.292
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
2:28.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 24.590
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.206
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 1:15.167
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 47.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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8:18.519
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:1.419
When I enable persistence 1:18.768
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 18.211
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 1:1.682
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:2.635
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.206
When I cold reboot the computer 17.800
And the computer reboots Tails 2:25.520
Given I enable persistence 34.452
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.743
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 17.077
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 7.004 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 06:03:26)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/43/artifact/build-artifacts/06:03:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/43/artifact/build-artifacts/06:03:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/43/artifact/build-artifacts/06:03:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/43/artifact/build-artifacts/06:03:26_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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6:45.260
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 15.446
# 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 54.866
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.158
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 4:41.141
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.104
Tags: @product
1:30.647
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.066
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.992
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 44.790
Then persistence is disabled 0.737
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.761
And all notifications have disappeared 20.022
When I delete the persistent partition 5.501
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:30.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.229
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.083
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.632
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:59.512
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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2:34.418
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 13.136
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.345
When I try to enable persistence 0.381
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 59.915
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.703
And all notifications have disappeared 15.272
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.565
And all tps features are enabled 7.341
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:41.994
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:55.114
And I enable persistence 52.648
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.484
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.325
And persistence is enabled 3.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.299
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.035
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 35.572
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.427
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.017
When I enable persistence 1:2.937
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.120
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.161
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.985
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.280
When I try to enable persistence 0.943
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 46.497
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.610
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.205
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.568
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.450
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:4.128
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 15.542
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.178
When I try to enable persistence 0.424
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 55.152
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.851
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.244
When I log in to a new session 1:1.095
And all notifications have disappeared 31.929
# 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" 8.993
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.580
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.995
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.523
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:48.703
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.089
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.047
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.398
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.112
When I try to enable persistence 2.353
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 43.799
When I log in to a new session 54.942
And all notifications have disappeared 28.607
Then the Tor Browser starts 12.761
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000