Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2 12 13 Jun 2025, 23:00

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 144 3 10 0 0 157 18 3 21 1:12:23.917 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
3:40.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:40.793
And I update APT using apt 19.627
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 33.230
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 6.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.958
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 15.609
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 53.659
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 3.474
And persistence is disabled 0.591
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:4.992
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 20.726
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.286
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.281
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.125
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.090
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:39.950
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.021
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.085
Tags: @product
1:32.829
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.040
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 21.076
And the system is very low on memory 5.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.508
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.457
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.555
When I close the Persistent Storage app 5.196
And I free up some memory 5.589
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.351
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:19.086
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 22.147
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.400
And all tps features are active 4.958
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.545
When I disable the first tps feature 5.159
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.697
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:8.154
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
32.979
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 18.012
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.353
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 9.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.295
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.116
When I enable the first tps feature 3.907
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.184
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 17.712
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 9.099
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 6.042
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.919
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 enabled and logged in 15.175
And the network is plugged 0.112
And Tor is ready 24.342
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.726
When I write some files expected to persist 2.611
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.846
# 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" 40.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:37.023
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 12.598
And the network is plugged 0.538
And Tor is ready 24.737
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.306
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.841
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:18.498
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.477
And Tor is ready 27.082
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.143
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.237
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
2:22.413
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 45.897
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.214
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 56.175
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 39.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:9.767
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.836
When I enable persistence 1:30.949
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 19.908
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 54.424
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:10.542
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.281
When I cold reboot the computer 18.768
And the computer reboots Tails 2:30.701
Given I enable persistence 37.862
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 4.723
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 20.768
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with name='Start Tails' roleName='button'
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:513: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:113:in `When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage'
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.270 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 07:31:59)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/07:31:59_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/07:31:59_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/07:31:59_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/07:31:59_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
7:41.347
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 18.402
# 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 1:3.314
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.506
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 5:15.593
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 40.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:11.960
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 21.597
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 1:0.132
Then persistence is disabled 1.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.683
And all notifications have disappeared 26.235
When I delete the persistent partition 11.476
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:27.068
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 33.168
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 4:39.289
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.125
Tags: @product
1:15.048
Scenario Feature activation fails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.110
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.574
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 0.378
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1:0.002
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 13.883 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Feature activation fails' (at time 07:48:50)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/07:48:50_Feature_activation_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/07:48:50_Feature_activation_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/07:48:50_Feature_activation_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:43.968
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 6:43.378
And I enable persistence 1:2.556
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.246
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.069
And persistence is enabled 2.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.010
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 15.878
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 44.979
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.553
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 15.805
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.360
When I enable persistence 57.751
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.851
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.561
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 10.512
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.773
When I try to enable persistence 2.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 50.685
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.593
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.202
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.385
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.315
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:45.658
Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails
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 14.240
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.176
When I try to enable persistence 0.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 57.739
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I log in to a new session 59.341
And all notifications have disappeared 22.788
# 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" 9.557
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: Error: atspi_error: timeout from dbind (1)
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:205:in `get_field'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:241:in `text'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:1789:in `/^WhisperBack is prefilled for (.*) with summary: "(.*)"$/'
features/persistence.feature:198:in `Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage"'
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 9.417 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 08:04:38)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/08:04:38_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/08:04:38_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/12/artifact/build-artifacts/08:04:38_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:25.268
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 13.444
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.132
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.659
When I try to enable persistence 2.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 58.003
When I log in to a new session 1:8.407
And all notifications have disappeared 45.633
Then the Tor Browser starts 6.888
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000