Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 5 27 May 2025, 18:51

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 153 2 2 0 0 157 19 2 21 59:3.697 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:49.884
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:5.447
And I update APT using apt 13.310
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.314
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.489
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 12.762
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 37.027
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.465
And persistence is disabled 1.568
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:30.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.705
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.158
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.859
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.478
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:27.290
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.274
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
1:8.567
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.819
And the system is very low on memory 4.012
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.996
When I try to create a persistent partition 19.249
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.223
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.603
And I free up some memory 4.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.797
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:5.818
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 enabled and logged in 15.160
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 3.108
And all tps features are active 2.749
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.039
When I disable the first tps feature 5.946
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.486
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:14.542
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
22.058
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 enabled and logged in 12.662
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I disable the first tps feature 5.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.095
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 3.245
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.989
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.385
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.487
And I disable the first tps feature 9.213
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.706
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.887
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 9.675
And the network is plugged 0.103
And Tor is ready 24.317
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.016
When I write some files expected to persist 2.019
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.943
# 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" 27.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:21.348
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 enabled and logged in 10.240
And the network is plugged 0.204
And Tor is ready 21.157
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.684
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.270
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:16.643
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 19.068
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.662
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.158
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product
1:13.909
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 12.898
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.134
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 37.407
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:10.034
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 11.993
When I enable persistence 57.024
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.425
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.612
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.360
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.548
When I cold reboot the computer 9.799
And the computer reboots Tails 1:56.271
Given I enable persistence 22.622
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.708
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.879
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
5:8.731
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 enabled and logged in 10.426
# 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 42.008
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.862
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:27.965
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
1:27.038
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 10.027
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 40.238
Then persistence is disabled 0.575
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.357
And all notifications have disappeared 16.290
When I delete the persistent partition 4.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:1.898
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 enabled and logged in 9.519
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.884
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:38.277
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:3.990
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 9.595
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 0.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 47.668
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.256
And all notifications have disappeared 10.633
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.296
And all tps features are enabled 2.986
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:52.348
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7:18.164
And I enable persistence 42.291
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.544
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.746
And persistence is enabled 7.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.359
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 10.787
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 28.656
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.871
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.636
When I enable persistence 43.865
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.888
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 9.648
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.177
When I try to enable persistence 0.587
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.604
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.386
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.155
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.364
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.327
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
4:12.102
Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.447
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.119
When I try to enable persistence 0.448
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 44.935
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I log in to a new session 37.253
And all notifications have disappeared 25.893
# 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" 1.540
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 5.733
When I close the "whisperback" window 3.959
Then the Tor Browser starts 2:1.372
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)$/'
features/persistence.feature:201:in `Then the Tor Browser starts'
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 9.227 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 06:10:06)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/5/artifact/build-artifacts/06:10:06_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/5/artifact/build-artifacts/06:10:06_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/5/artifact/build-artifacts/06:10:06_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:46.484
Scenario Filesystem and I/O errors
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.893
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.670
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.117
When I try to enable persistence 0.986
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 31.205
When I log in to a new session 1:3.031
And all notifications have disappeared 19.451
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.128
cannot 
cannot find TorBrowserNewTabButton.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/browser.rb:468:in `/^the Tor Browser (?:has started|starts)$/'
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 10.685 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Filesystem and I/O errors' (at time 06:13:02)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/5/artifact/build-artifacts/06:13:02_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/5/artifact/build-artifacts/06:13:02_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/5/artifact/build-artifacts/06:13:02_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000