Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 44 01 Jul 2025, 07:30

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 55:19.140 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:57.287
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 2:7.040
And I update APT using apt 18.061
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 29.607
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.429
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 11.891
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 43.654
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.753
And persistence is disabled 0.484
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:0.827
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 14.647
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.919
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.745
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.257
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.707
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:56.279
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.951
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
1:14.023
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 13.727
And the system is very low on memory 6.582
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.458
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.717
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.279
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.730
And I free up some memory 3.825
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:57.517
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 14.383
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.463
And all tps features are active 2.967
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.588
When I disable the first tps feature 4.462
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.748
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:12.742
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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21.422
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 12.129
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.219
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.183
When I disable the first tps feature 4.515
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.089
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 3.744
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.784
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 11.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
And I disable the first tps feature 4.535
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 5.229
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:30.191
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 12.701
And the network is plugged 0.112
And Tor is ready 32.341
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.930
When I write some files expected to persist 2.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.139
# 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" 30.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:42.684
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 9.931
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 29.397
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.548
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.770
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:14.363
And I capture all network traffic 0.132
And the network is plugged 0.445
And Tor is ready 29.569
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.867
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.420
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
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1:20.626
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.896
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.329
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 39.244
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:12.089
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.022
When I enable persistence 57.913
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.828
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 49.501
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.083
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.566
When I cold reboot the computer 11.809
And the computer reboots Tails 2:3.330
Given I enable persistence 26.238
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.641
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 16.153
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 6.384 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:48:30)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/44/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:30_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/44/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:30_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/44/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:30_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/44/artifact/build-artifacts/05:48:30_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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5:42.208
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 13.458
# 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 47.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.314
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:41.229
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 46.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:33.734
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.128
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 44.594
Then persistence is disabled 0.329
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.355
And all notifications have disappeared 22.589
When I delete the persistent partition 6.053
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:45.746
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 12.869
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:19.548
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:4.364
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 9.889
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.142
When I try to enable persistence 0.392
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 43.865
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.145
And all notifications have disappeared 13.602
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.529
And all tps features are enabled 3.302
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:41.295
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 4:8.245
And I enable persistence 47.287
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.127
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.814
And persistence is enabled 2.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.655
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 9.784
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.959
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.544
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 11.385
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.898
When I enable persistence 51.895
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.097
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.820
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 9.071
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.895
When I try to enable persistence 2.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.874
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.475
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.180
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.329
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:25.428
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.136
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.256
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.152
When I try to enable persistence 0.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 43.164
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.487
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 49.531
And all notifications have disappeared 23.158
# 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" 1.602
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 3.496
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.859
Then the Tor Browser starts 6.986
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:23.457
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 10.986
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.745
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.607
When I try to enable persistence 2.351
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 28.126
When I log in to a new session 56.202
And all notifications have disappeared 25.500
Then the Tor Browser starts 9.665
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000