Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6441 11 Jun 2026, 14:09

Failures Overview

The following summary displays scenarios that failed.

Tags: @product
1:29.572
Scenario Creating a persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Steps
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 58.217
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.345
And I create a persistent partition 26.668
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.244
Python script for get_tps_bindings failed.
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:23:in `get_tps_bindings'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:53:in `tps_bind_mounts'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1124:in `/^I take note of which tps features are available$/'
features/usb_upgrade.feature:39:in `And I take note of which tps features are available'
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.912

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 01:13:05)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:05_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:05_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:05_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:05_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
1:17.009
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Steps
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.828
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.321
And all tps features are active 5.398
When I write some files expected to persist 0.289
Python script for get_tps_bindings failed.
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:23:in `get_tps_bindings'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:53:in `tps_bind_mounts'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1083:in `/^I write some files expected to persist$/'
features/usb_upgrade.feature:49:in `When I write some files expected to persist'
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.000
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.000
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 0.000
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.957

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 01:14:27)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:27_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:27_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:27_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:27_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
1:18.111
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive upgraded from USB with persistence enabled
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Steps
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.856
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.227
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.280
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.573
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.000
<nil> was expected to not be nil. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1132:in `/^the expected persistent files(| created with the old Tails version) are present in the filesystem$/'
features/usb_upgrade.feature:77:in `And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem'
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.796

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive upgraded from USB with persistence enabled' (at time 01:18:09)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:18:09_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:18:09_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:18:09_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/01:18:09_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Feature: Localization
Tags: @product
28.898
Scenario Tails stores localization preferences when it's asked to
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.282
When I set the language to Italian (it) 6.609
And I save the language and keyboard options in cleartext storage 14.006
The
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with name='Question' roleName='alert'
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/common_steps.rb:508:in `/^I save the language and keyboard options in cleartext storage$/'
features/localization.feature:71:in `And I save the language and keyboard options in cleartext storage'
Then the "it" language and keyboard have been saved in cleartext storage 0.000
When I set the language to French (fr) 0.000
Then the "fr" language and keyboard have been saved in cleartext storage 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 0.000
Then the "fr" language and keyboard have been saved in cleartext storage 0.000
And the Welcome Screen's language is set to French 0.000
When I log in to a new session 0.000
Then the language is set to French 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.782

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails stores localization preferences when it's asked to' (at time 02:23:38)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:38_Tails_stores_localization_preferences_when_it_s_asked_to.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:38_Tails_stores_localization_preferences_when_it_s_asked_to.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:38_Tails_stores_localization_preferences_when_it_s_asked_to.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:38_Tails_stores_localization_preferences_when_it_s_asked_to.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
0.610
Scenario All packages are up-to-date
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:552 0.000
Steps
Given I have the build manifest for the image under test 0.000
Then all packages listed in the build manifest are up-to-date 0.610
Command failed (pid 55660 exit 1): ["/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/bin/needed-package-updates", "--config=/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/config/ci/needed-package-updates.yml", "--file=/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/tmp/tails-amd64-stable@adbca8425c-20260611T0926Z.build-manifest", {:err=>[:child, :out]}]:
INFO: Check local file /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/tmp/tails-amd64-stable@adbca8425c-20260611T0926Z.build-manifest
INFO: Last successful auto-update of the UDD mirror: 2026-06-11 12:05:02+00:00 (0:24:29.768539 ago)
WARNING: tor-geoipdb: the package version (0.4.9.9-1~d13.trixie+1) is higher than the newest version in Debian (0.4.9.8-1)
WARNING: tor: the package version (0.4.9.9-1~d13.trixie+1) is higher than the newest version in Debian (0.4.9.8-1)
INFO: Need to upgrade to a new APT snapshot:
  - libinput (1.28.1-1) to Debian trixie-security (1.28.1-1+deb13u1)
 (CommandFailed)
/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:332:in `block in cmd_helper'
/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:319:in `popen'
/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:319:in `cmd_helper'
/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/test_Tails_ISO_stable/features/step_definitions/needed_package_updates.rb:10:in `/^all packages listed in the build manifest are up-to-date$/'
features/needed_package_updates.feature:13:in `Then all packages listed in the build manifest are up-to-date'
After features/support/hooks.rb:559 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:9.898
Scenario Chatting with some friend over XMPP
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 12.225
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.234
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.350
When I create my XMPP account 13.553
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.594
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.613
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.327
Known issue #21440: XMPP friend failed to go online (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/pidgin.rb:166:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/pidgin.rb:163:in `/^my XMPP friend goes online$/'
features/pidgin.feature:23:in `Given my XMPP friend goes online'
When I start a conversation with my friend 0.000
And I say something to my friend 0.000
Then I receive a response from my friend 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.377

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 03:04:22)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:22_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:22_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:22_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6441/artifact/build-artifacts/03:04:22_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001