Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5487 03 Mar 2025, 16:20

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 1:3:2.560 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:37.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.042
And I update APT using apt 13.970
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.576
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.364
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 11.068
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.463
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.484
And persistence is disabled 0.344
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:50.676
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 34.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.454
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.526
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.922
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:37.968
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.415
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:7.477
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.434
And the system is very low on memory 4.938
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.873
When I try to create a persistent partition 32.290
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.245
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.869
And I free up some memory 1.535
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23:1.012
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it
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 enabled and logged in 17.558
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.460
And all tps features are active 2.539
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.808
When I disable the first tps feature 7.044
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.776
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.798
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 22:11.027
execution 
execution expired (RemoteShell::Timeout)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `read'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `block (3 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:55: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/common_steps.rb:719:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:298:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
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:330 10.845 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with an enabled persistent partition and reconfiguring it' (at time 03:36:49)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5487/artifact/build-artifacts/03:36:49_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/5487/artifact/build-artifacts/03:36:49_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/5487/artifact/build-artifacts/03:36:49_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_an_enabled_persistent_partition_and_reconfiguring_it.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
21.029
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 10.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.300
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.120
When I disable the first tps feature 6.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.133
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 3.176
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.933
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 10.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.250
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 6.395
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.625
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.362
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 9.662
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 17.982
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.876
When I write some files expected to persist 1.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.006
# 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" 25.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:11.780
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 9.878
And the network is plugged 0.106
And Tor is ready 18.355
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.259
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.288
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.818
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.098
And Tor is ready 19.305
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.102
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
Tags: @product
1:8.291
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.912
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.396
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.857
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:40.907
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 16.472
When I enable persistence 43.875
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.264
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.608
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.786
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.439
When I cold reboot the computer 7.525
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.892
Given I enable persistence 17.383
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.563
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 37.665
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
3:47.161
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 9.723
# 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 37.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.443
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:14.430
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.157
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 9.976
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.114
Then persistence is disabled 0.263
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.645
And all notifications have disappeared 10.337
When I delete the persistent partition 7.125
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:31.671
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 10.069
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.059
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:39.901
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 8.791
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 0.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.328
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.700
And all notifications have disappeared 8.884
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.758
And all tps features are enabled 2.893
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:16.568
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 3:58.810
And I enable persistence 34.394
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 36.596
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.560
And persistence is enabled 4.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.965
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.897
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.289
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.261
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 9.143
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.420
When I enable persistence 31.570
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.719
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 9.301
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.836
When I try to enable persistence 0.426
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.070
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.819
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.232
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.266
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:55.117
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 9.100
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.105
When I try to enable persistence 0.372
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.010
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I log in to a new session 42.464
And all notifications have disappeared 9.187
# 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" 0.510
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.175
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.415
Then the Tor Browser starts 15.569
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:20.168
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 27.202
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.828
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.611
When I try to enable persistence 0.467
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.974
When I log in to a new session 48.033
And all notifications have disappeared 9.738
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.419
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000