Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6000 10 Dec 2025, 22:15

Failures Overview

The following summary displays scenarios that failed.

Feature: Tails persistence
Tags: @product
5:30.477
Scenario Creating a Persistent Storage when system is low on memory
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.566
And the system is very low on memory 5.199
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.218
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.829
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.576
And I free up some memory 0.955
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 5:4.004
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [frame | Persistent Storage]: child with name='Personal Documents' roleName='label'
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./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:339:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
<internal:kernel>:187: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/usb.rb:338: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/usb.rb:338:in `/^I create a persistent partition( with the default settings)?( for Additional Software)?( using the wizard that was already open)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:38:in `And I create a persistent partition with the default settings'
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.872 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a Persistent Storage when system is low on memory' (at time 02:53:05)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6000/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:05_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6000/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:05_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6000/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:05_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6000/artifact/build-artifacts/02:53:05_Creating_a_Persistent_Storage_when_system_is_low_on_memory.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000