Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 8 30 May 2025, 06:48

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 52:32.297 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:46.251
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 2:1.035
And I update APT using apt 15.154
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.998
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.643
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 11.448
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 38.114
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.558
And persistence is disabled 0.467
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:12.055
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 15.881
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.840
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.445
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.687
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.173
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:13.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.013
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:4.703
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 11.404
And the system is very low on memory 4.237
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.747
When I try to create a persistent partition 21.758
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.248
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.619
And I free up some memory 3.179
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.991
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:42.237
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 12.841
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.439
And all tps features are active 2.249
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.728
When I disable the first tps feature 5.714
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:58.429
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
19.856
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 10.844
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 5.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.082
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.086
When I enable the first tps feature 2.735
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.758
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 10.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 5.728
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.260
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.017
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 10.266
And the network is plugged 0.234
And Tor is ready 19.178
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.673
When I write some files expected to persist 1.748
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.848
# 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" 25.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:14.355
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 10.183
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 21.862
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.712
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:4.084
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 28.089
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.696
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.137
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.092
Tags: @product
1:5.010
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.932
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.137
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 30.881
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:35.139
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 11.900
When I enable persistence 43.990
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.974
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.222
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.332
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.464
When I cold reboot the computer 9.537
And the computer reboots Tails 1:50.831
Given I enable persistence 18.665
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 1.570
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.204
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
5:6.932
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 10.974
# 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 48.450
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.121
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:27.175
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:17.059
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 9.382
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 33.673
Then persistence is disabled 0.509
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.809
And all notifications have disappeared 15.067
When I delete the persistent partition 4.611
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:21.199
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 10.173
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.832
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:58.886
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:50.149
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 8.781
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 40.631
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 37.005
And all notifications have disappeared 15.075
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.158
And all tps features are enabled 2.676
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:30.075
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:12.116
And I enable persistence 36.362
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 34.863
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.811
And persistence is enabled 4.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.786
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.699
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.299
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.255
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 8.826
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.033
When I enable persistence 37.765
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.614
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 8.500
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.198
When I try to enable persistence 0.745
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.307
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.982
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.038
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.204
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.283
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
4:2.243
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 8.278
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.110
When I try to enable persistence 0.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.739
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.331
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I log in to a new session 34.694
And all notifications have disappeared 32.242
# 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" 1.721
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.466
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.005
Then the Tor Browser starts 2:1.294
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)$/'
features/persistence.feature:201:in `Then the Tor Browser starts'
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.253 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 05:55:05)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:55:05_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:55:05_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:55:05_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:55:05_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.952
Scenario Filesystem and I/O errors
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.640
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.108
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.859
When I try to enable persistence 0.401
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 26.415
When I log in to a new session 50.093
And all notifications have disappeared 13.407
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.025
cannot 
cannot find TorBrowserNewTabButton.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/browser.rb:468:in `/^the Tor Browser (?:has started|starts)$/'
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 8.341 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Filesystem and I/O errors' (at time 05:57:22)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:22_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:22_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:22_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/8/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:22_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000