Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6542 28 Jul 2026, 19:14

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Backing up the persistent storage 0 1 16 0 0 17 0 1 1 0.003 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Backing up the persistent storage
As a Tails user I want to backup my persistent storage And easily keep that backup updated
Tags: @product
0.003
Scenario Using Tails' custom backup tool to backup a newly added file
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 0.003
Call 
Call to virDomainDefineXML failed: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU (Libvirt::DefinitionError)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `define_domain_xml'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `update'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:117:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:177:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/backup.feature:8:in `Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in'
# The volume cannot be in use when GuestFs clones it, which we do below
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "backup" 0.000
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 0.000
And I write a file "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/new" with contents "foo" 0.000
When I start Tails' custom backup tool 0.000
Then the backup tool displays "Plug in your backup Tails USB stick" 0.000
When I plug USB drive "backup" 0.000
And I give the Persistent Storage on drive "backup" its own UUID 0.000
And I click "Retry" in the backup tool 0.000
Then the backup tool displays "Do you want to back up your Persistent Storage now?" 0.000
When I click "Back Up" in the backup tool 0.000
And I enter my persistent storage passphrase into the polkit prompt 0.000
Then the backup tool displays "Your Persistent Storage was backed up successfully to your backup Tails USB stick!" 0.000
# The backup tool ejects the drive, so we have to replug it
When I unplug USB drive "backup" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "backup" 0.000
Then the USB drive "backup" contains the same files as my persistent storage 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.264
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Using Tails' custom backup tool to backup a newly added file' (at time 00:04:50)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6542/artifact/build-artifacts/00:04:50_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000