Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2 1 06 Jun 2025, 17:54

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 147 1 9 0 0 157 20 1 21 56:35.633 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:54.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:9.551
And I update APT using apt 13.619
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.960
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.090
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 44.319
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.934
And persistence is disabled 0.537
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:49.989
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 16.702
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.581
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.697
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.278
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:42.903
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.846
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:7.773
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 14.744
And the system is very low on memory 6.443
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 15.453
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.246
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.977
And I free up some memory 3.927
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.652
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:10.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.265
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.487
And all tps features are active 2.359
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.764
When I disable the first tps feature 5.462
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:23.151
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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21.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.762
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.100
When I disable the first tps feature 6.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.080
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.073
When I enable the first tps feature 3.183
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.661
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 enabled and logged in 11.049
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I disable the first tps feature 5.237
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.999
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.697
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 enabled and logged in 10.019
And the network is plugged 0.098
And Tor is ready 36.958
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.747
When I write some files expected to persist 2.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.925
# 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" 25.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.893
Scenario Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.122
And the network is plugged 0.127
And Tor is ready 12.643
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (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/tor.rb:826:in `click_connect_to_tor'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:502:in `tca_configure'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:512:in `/^I configure a direct connection in the Tor Connection Assistant$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:649:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:603:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
features/persistence.feature:85:in `And Tor is ready'
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
And I capture all network traffic 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.000
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.952 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating and using a persistent NetworkManager connection' (at time 05:08:17)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/1/artifact/build-artifacts/05:08:17_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/1/artifact/build-artifacts/05:08:17_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/1/artifact/build-artifacts/05:08:17_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/1/artifact/build-artifacts/05:08:17_Creating_and_using_a_persistent_NetworkManager_connection.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.147
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.279
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 42.202
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:41.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.309
When I enable persistence 55.517
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.761
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 34.837
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.721
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.485
When I cold reboot the computer 9.812
And the computer reboots Tails 2:0.261
Given I enable persistence 54.493
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.661
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.917
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
5:48.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.874
# 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 49.375
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.220
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:50.604
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 42.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:30.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.085
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 37.210
Then persistence is disabled 0.925
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.571
And all notifications have disappeared 19.960
When I delete the persistent partition 6.402
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:47.300
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 10.928
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.965
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:23.784
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:15.195
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 9.749
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.121
When I try to enable persistence 0.360
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 50.558
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.835
And all notifications have disappeared 14.435
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.506
And all tps features are enabled 3.085
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
9:28.172
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 7:49.561
And I enable persistence 46.670
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.328
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.958
And persistence is enabled 3.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.449
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 11.183
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 33.281
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.077
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 9.611
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.844
When I enable persistence 44.661
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.258
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.998
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.777
When I try to enable persistence 1.946
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.777
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.128
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.159
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.330
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.269
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:44.426
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 9.999
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 0.396
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 46.954
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.418
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 47.672
And all notifications have disappeared 39.823
# 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" 6.628
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 2.191
When I close the "whisperback" window 5.373
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.415
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:59.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.460
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.026
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.805
When I try to enable persistence 0.549
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 29.656
When I log in to a new session 57.668
And all notifications have disappeared 56.013
Then the Tor Browser starts 8.964
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000