Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 16 02 Jul 2025, 21:33

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 151 1 5 0 0 157 20 1 21 55:37.769 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:28.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:28.633
And I update APT using apt 20.499
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 31.429
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 7.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.994
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 14.876
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 33.442
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 3.157
And persistence is disabled 0.566
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:36.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 20.505
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.784
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.420
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.107
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:19.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.953
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:37.416
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 logged in 33.860
And the system is very low on memory 5.157
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.866
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.676
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.596
When I close the Persistent Storage app 4.701
And I free up some memory 3.757
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.147
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:46.265
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 15.592
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.474
And all tps features are active 3.027
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.548
When I disable the first tps feature 13.444
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.585
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:45.171
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
29.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.114
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I disable the first tps feature 12.108
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.165
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 3.687
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.387
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 enabled and logged in 16.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I disable the first tps feature 7.477
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 7.524
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.768
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.313
And the network is plugged 0.114
And Tor is ready 34.531
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.596
When I write some files expected to persist 1.989
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.543
# 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" 40.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:9.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.739
And the network is plugged 0.359
And Tor is ready 26.357
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.438
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:52.019
And I capture all network traffic 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.103
And Tor is ready 26.104
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.513
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.498
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
1:22.590
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 17.704
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.206
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 29.422
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 34.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:5.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.225
When I enable persistence 56.574
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.003
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.143
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.679
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.253
When I cold reboot the computer 14.494
And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.222
Given I enable persistence 25.969
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 2.928
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.265
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
5:18.740
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 enabled and logged in 14.662
# 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 38.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.926
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:8.922
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 57.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
23.732
Scenario Deleting a Tails persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.756
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 4.975
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:519:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
features/persistence.feature:128:in `And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
When I delete the persistent partition 0.000
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.186 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Deleting a Tails persistent partition' (at time 04:53:12)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:53:12_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:53:12_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:53:12_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/16/artifact/build-artifacts/04:53:12_Deleting_a_Tails_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:23.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.450
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.655
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:56.654
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
2:35.359
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 14.492
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 48.837
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:8.694
And all notifications have disappeared 7.061
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.168
And all tps features are enabled 4.051
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:20.182
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:22.548
And I enable persistence 51.899
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:0.778
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.939
And persistence is enabled 3.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.690
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.237
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.631
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.762
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 10.444
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.966
When I enable persistence 42.180
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.491
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.996
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.218
When I try to enable persistence 0.645
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 41.448
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.428
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.604
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.291
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.266
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:43.992
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 11.141
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.270
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 51.246
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.118
When I log in to a new session 54.926
And all notifications have disappeared 13.556
# 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" 2.142
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.050
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.510
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.419
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:51.171
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.238
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.859
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.707
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.254
When I try to enable persistence 0.494
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 33.788
When I log in to a new session 1:8.343
And all notifications have disappeared 11.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 29.497
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000