Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2 11 13 Jun 2025, 13:02

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 132 4 21 0 0 157 17 4 21 1:5:32.555 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
3:54.633
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.085
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:56.904
And I update APT using apt 19.060
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 35.939
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.712
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 40.175
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 6.536
<false> 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:545: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:14:in `When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.000
And persistence is disabled 0.000
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.341 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive with a disabled persistent partition' (at time 05:26:37)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:26:37_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:26:37_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:26:37_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:26:37_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_with_a_disabled_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:2.329
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 logged in 23.304
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.767
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.382
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.661
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:33.756
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.011
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
1:37.373
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 logged in 18.912
And the system is very low on memory 8.104
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 3.139
When I try to create a persistent partition 27.444
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.437
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.749
And I free up some memory 4.692
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.184
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:14.807
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 21.738
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.549
And all tps features are active 5.229
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 5.844
When I disable the first tps feature 8.964
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.881
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.029
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:56.266
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
28.050
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 17.638
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.171
When I disable the first tps feature 6.076
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.137
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.107
When I enable the first tps feature 3.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.117
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.147
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I disable the first tps feature 11.577
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.294
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 18.170
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 34.852
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.826
When I write some files expected to persist 2.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.288
# 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" 40.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:44.522
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.939
And the network is plugged 0.333
And Tor is ready 28.397
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.748
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.132
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:16.201
And I capture all network traffic 0.089
And the network is plugged 1.220
And Tor is ready 29.282
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.860
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.124
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.078
Tags: @product
1:54.190
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 22.703
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.128
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 56.059
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 34.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:44.367
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.733
When I enable persistence 1:24.068
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 18.911
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 49.369
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:11.620
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.503
When I cold reboot the computer 16.550
And the computer reboots Tails 2:28.608
cannot 
cannot find TailsGreeter.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:477:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
features/persistence.feature:110:in `And the computer reboots Tails'
Given I enable persistence 0.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.996 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:57:08)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:08_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:08_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:08_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/05:57:08_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product
6:57.982
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.893
# 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 1:6.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.026
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 4:34.009
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 43.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
1:57.302
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 14.322
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 58.714
Then persistence is disabled 1.352
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.095
And all notifications have disappeared 22.931
When I delete the persistent partition 10.831
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 2.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:33.703
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 10.901
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 1.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:4.398
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 2.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:12.116
Scenario Feature activation fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.272
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.258
When I try to enable persistence 0.571
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1:0.014
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/usb.rb:1724:in `/^the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated$/'
features/persistence.feature:146:in `Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated'
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 0.000
And all tps features are enabled 0.000
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.176 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Feature activation fails' (at time 06:12:11)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/06:12:11_Feature_activation_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/06:12:11_Feature_activation_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/06:12:11_Feature_activation_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:31.009
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 5:24.019
And I enable persistence 1:1.213
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:1.375
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.306
And persistence is enabled 3.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.803
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.171
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 41.785
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.897
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 17.155
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.725
When I enable persistence 1:6.877
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.126
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.260
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 11.769
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.837
When I try to enable persistence 2.448
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 53.322
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.987
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.308
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.463
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.347
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:15.780
Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.299
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.131
When I try to enable persistence 0.348
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 1:0.001
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/usb.rb:1732:in `/^the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage$/'
features/persistence.feature:188:in `Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage'
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 0.000
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.000
When I log in to a new session 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
# 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" 0.000
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.000
When I close the "whisperback" window 0.000
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.000
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 11.440 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 06:25:27)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/06:25:27_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/06:25:27_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/11/artifact/build-artifacts/06:25:27_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:5.514
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.064
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.295
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.993
When I try to enable persistence 2.354
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 46.757
When I log in to a new session 1:10.389
And all notifications have disappeared 29.965
Then the Tor Browser starts 10.430
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000