Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2 17 14 Jun 2025, 12:14

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 148 2 7 0 0 157 19 2 21 1:2:37.999 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
3:8.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:22.027
And I update APT using apt 13.180
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 30.666
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.755
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 13.888
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 48.015
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.970
And persistence is disabled 0.603
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:47.920
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 12.464
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.881
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.161
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.314
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.958
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:38.012
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.945
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
1:19.545
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 16.363
And the system is very low on memory 4.843
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.175
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.029
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.268
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.573
And I free up some memory 4.522
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.231
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:47.681
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 17.831
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.490
And all tps features are active 2.773
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 4.556
When I disable the first tps feature 7.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.421
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.602
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:44.770
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
29.272
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 12.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.250
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.249
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.797
When I disable the first tps feature 9.823
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 3.275
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.428
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 14.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.129
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I disable the first tps feature 6.772
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 6.822
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.329
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 enabled and logged in 10.840
And the network is plugged 0.714
And Tor is ready 32.311
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.806
When I write some files expected to persist 2.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.441
# 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" 42.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:43.846
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 14.464
And the network is plugged 0.139
And Tor is ready 59.692
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.460
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:43.669
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.138
And Tor is ready 22.783
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.339
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
1:46.735
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.212
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.159
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 45.682
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:22.003
Scenario Persistent Greeter options
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 38.720
When I enable persistence 1:14.672
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 17.700
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 53.070
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:3.796
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.315
When I cold reboot the computer 14.452
And the computer reboots Tails 2:15.805
Given I enable persistence 25.072
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.703
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 17.693
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 7.234 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Persistent Greeter options' (at time 05:49:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/17/artifact/build-artifacts/05:49:11_Persistent_Greeter_options.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/17/artifact/build-artifacts/05:49:11_Persistent_Greeter_options.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/17/artifact/build-artifacts/05:49:11_Persistent_Greeter_options.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/17/artifact/build-artifacts/05:49:11_Persistent_Greeter_options.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
5:39.171
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 enabled and logged in 17.162
# 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 53.315
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.134
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:45.966
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:31.706
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.181
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 43.923
Then persistence is disabled 0.529
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.769
And all notifications have disappeared 19.844
When I delete the persistent partition 6.467
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:49.493
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 11.944
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:24.876
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
2:7.508
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 10.044
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.164
When I try to enable persistence 0.369
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 43.642
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.605
And all notifications have disappeared 13.446
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.746
And all tps features are enabled 2.970
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:39.850
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 4:58.832
And I enable persistence 51.157
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.441
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.713
And persistence is enabled 2.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.774
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.699
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 30.073
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.432
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 12.242
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.789
When I enable persistence 45.669
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.121
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.219
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 9.017
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.088
When I try to enable persistence 2.544
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 38.386
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.376
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.966
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.080
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.311
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
4:5.648
Scenario Manual filesystem repair fails
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 9.880
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 0.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 46.259
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.658
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I log in to a new session 3:5.370
cannot 
cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.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:597:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:538: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:191:in `When I log in to a new session'
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 9.115 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Manual filesystem repair fails' (at time 06:16:28)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/17/artifact/build-artifacts/06:16:28_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/17/artifact/build-artifacts/06:16:28_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-trixie-2/17/artifact/build-artifacts/06:16:28_Manual_filesystem_repair_fails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:47.247
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 12.449
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.881
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.402
When I try to enable persistence 2.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 31.689
When I log in to a new session 56.928
And all notifications have disappeared 44.540
Then the Tor Browser starts 6.497
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000