Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5592 23 Apr 2025, 23:29

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 154 1 2 0 0 157 20 1 21 1:3:23.765 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:33.388
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 1:47.672
And I update APT using apt 16.265
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.911
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.143
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 13.503
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.299
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.397
And persistence is disabled 0.557
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:3.898
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 logged in 11.830
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.482
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.146
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.453
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.330
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.214
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.325
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:0.150
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 logged in 11.710
And the system is very low on memory 3.708
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.929
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.683
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.368
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.714
And I free up some memory 3.177
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.615
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:1.954
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 12.467
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.866
And all tps features are active 2.880
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.517
When I disable the first tps feature 6.043
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.229
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.918
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.531
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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21.512
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 10.844
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.650
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I disable the first tps feature 5.957
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.145
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.081
When I enable the first tps feature 3.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.734
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.365
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.542
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I disable the first tps feature 5.928
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.710
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.832
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 9.806
And the network is plugged 0.123
And Tor is ready 23.418
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.665
When I write some files expected to persist 1.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.770
# 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" 25.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:13.195
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 10.537
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 22.823
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.477
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:10.046
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 20.288
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.122
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
1:12.486
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.641
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.200
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.295
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:34.257
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 13.588
When I enable persistence 36.649
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.506
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.734
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.192
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.576
When I cold reboot the computer 7.422
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.895
Given I enable persistence 21.683
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.577
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.965
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
4:1.962
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 25.709
# 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 39.517
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.345
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:11.862
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 29.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:2.855
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 9.902
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.038
Then persistence is disabled 0.378
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.893
And all notifications have disappeared 10.335
When I delete the persistent partition 6.256
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.629
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 12.649
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.487
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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1:40.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.326
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 0.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.436
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 36.742
And all notifications have disappeared 9.310
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.400
And all tps features are enabled 2.992
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:44.256
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 5:5.107
And I enable persistence 44.292
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.730
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.264
And persistence is enabled 2.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.081
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.168
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.070
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.240
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.152
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.712
When I enable persistence 31.526
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.438
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 9.335
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.978
When I try to enable persistence 0.388
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 22.783
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.972
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.842
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.220
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:3.770
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.765
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.157
When I try to enable persistence 0.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.904
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.361
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 3.886
When I log in to a new session 36.479
And all notifications have disappeared 9.641
# 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" 0.827
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.486
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.569
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.407
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
21:27.072
Scenario Filesystem and I/O errors
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.872
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.949
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.638
When I try to enable persistence 1.481
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.925
When I log in to a new session 51.017
And all notifications have disappeared 20:0.187
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/persistence.feature:212:in `And all notifications have disappeared'
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.000
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 11.481 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Filesystem and I/O errors' (at time 04:14:26)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5592/artifact/build-artifacts/04:14:26_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5592/artifact/build-artifacts/04:14:26_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5592/artifact/build-artifacts/04:14:26_Filesystem_and_I_O_errors.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000