Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5451 11 Feb 2025, 22:02

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 40:11.795 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:36.229
And I update APT using apt 13.097
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.690
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 11.825
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.876
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.464
And persistence is disabled 0.483
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.604
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.401
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.183
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.566
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.796
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.227
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.270
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:12.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 24.497
And the system is very low on memory 3.150
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.797
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.759
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.183
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.655
And I free up some memory 1.761
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.333
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.660
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.609
And all tps features are active 2.367
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.350
When I disable the first tps feature 6.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.411
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.041
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: RemoteShell::ServerFailure: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/gdm-env'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `greeter'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:451:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:284:in `block in <top (required)>' (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/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:284:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:49:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 4.924 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it' (at time 03:16:56)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5451/artifact/build-artifacts/03:16:56_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5451/artifact/build-artifacts/03:16:56_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5451/artifact/build-artifacts/03:16:56_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5451/artifact/build-artifacts/03:16:56_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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21.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.891
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.304
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 6.548
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.130
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 3.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.445
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.762
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.351
And I disable the first tps feature 6.296
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.671
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.866
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 21.056
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.605
When I write some files expected to persist 1.677
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.642
# 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" 24.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.526
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.645
And the network is plugged 0.124
And Tor is ready 20.055
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.249
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.513
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.217
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 19.996
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.112
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product
56.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.796
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.155
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.785
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:30.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 12.277
When I enable persistence 37.538
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.335
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.418
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.505
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.365
When I cold reboot the computer 7.392
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.466
Given I enable persistence 20.240
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.546
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.015
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
3:38.714
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.222
# 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 33.282
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.906
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:7.197
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
56.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 10.259
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.901
Then persistence is disabled 0.231
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.605
And all notifications have disappeared 8.474
When I delete the persistent partition 5.833
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.972
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.478
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.841
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.101
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:46.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 9.217
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.123
When I try to enable persistence 0.408
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 31.875
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.566
And all notifications have disappeared 9.519
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.358
And all tps features are enabled 2.333
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:20.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 3:58.324
And I enable persistence 30.615
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.348
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.843
And persistence is enabled 2.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.946
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 9.491
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.625
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 9.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.185
When I enable persistence 29.154
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.138
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 9.157
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.861
When I try to enable persistence 0.438
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 22.397
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.302
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.438
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 2.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:51.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 10.217
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.126
When I try to enable persistence 0.356
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.859
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 36.582
And all notifications have disappeared 10.124
# 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" 0.697
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.788
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.770
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.817
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.609
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 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 9.535
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.167
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.675
When I try to enable persistence 0.434
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.041
When I log in to a new session 46.434
And all notifications have disappeared 8.906
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.352
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 3.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000