Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5686 29 May 2025, 14:16

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 41:14.287 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:22.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:40.951
And I update APT using apt 13.645
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.123
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.765
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 10.561
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.117
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.770
And persistence is disabled 0.517
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:21.595
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 27.862
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.378
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.654
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.766
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.257
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.457
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:1.002
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 9.174
And the system is very low on memory 2.874
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.347
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.196
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.366
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.560
And I free up some memory 3.377
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.724
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.255
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 13.402
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.805
And all tps features are active 2.472
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.561
When I disable the first tps feature 5.576
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.060
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
20.344
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 10.372
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.129
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 5.847
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.094
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 3.188
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.293
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.744
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 9.718
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 5.949
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.753
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.763
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 9.929
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 23.587
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.559
When I write some files expected to persist 1.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.844
# 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" 24.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:4.346
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 9.408
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 20.285
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.225
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.629
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:4.568
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 20.515
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.306
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
Tags: @product
57.205
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.824
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.397
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.527
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:41.573
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 11.093
When I enable persistence 33.784
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.390
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.849
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.773
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.391
When I cold reboot the computer 7.394
And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.246
Given I enable persistence 20.688
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.549
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.910
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
3:56.707
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 10.555
# 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 40.662
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.489
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:15.681
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:9.371
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
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 11.639
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.339
Then persistence is disabled 0.257
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.388
And all notifications have disappeared 9.980
When I delete the persistent partition 15.766
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendent of [frame | Persistent Storage]: child with name="The Persistent Storage was successfully deleted." roleName='label'
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1175:in `/^I delete the persistent partition$/'
features/persistence.feature:132:in `When I delete the persistent partition'
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.106 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 03:27:21)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5686/artifact/build-artifacts/03:27:21_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5686/artifact/build-artifacts/03:27:21_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5686/artifact/build-artifacts/03:27:21_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5686/artifact/build-artifacts/03:27:21_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.298
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 9.657
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.247
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:6.110
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
1:37.076
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 8.729
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 0.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 26.772
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.761
And all notifications have disappeared 7.957
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.201
And all tps features are enabled 2.484
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:24.297
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 3:58.417
And I enable persistence 36.416
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.558
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.432
And persistence is enabled 2.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.025
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 9.886
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.361
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.907
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 8.564
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.644
When I enable persistence 30.990
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.100
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
48.245
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 9.695
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.630
When I try to enable persistence 0.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 22.702
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.713
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.493
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.914
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.279
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:50.717
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 8.511
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.111
When I try to enable persistence 0.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.394
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 0.096
When I log in to a new session 40.547
And all notifications have disappeared 10.324
# 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" 0.450
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.793
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.874
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.140
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 8.999
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.643
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.530
When I try to enable persistence 0.465
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 17.385
When I log in to a new session 51.174
And all notifications have disappeared 9.062
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.076
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000