Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 11 09 Aug 2026, 23:20

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 168 0 0 0 0 168 22 0 22 25:4.741 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.310
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.426
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.211
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.709
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.811
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.468
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.394
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
42.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 21.601
And the system is very low on memory 4.338
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.394
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.436
And I free up some memory 0.657
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.114
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.257
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.204
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And all tps features are active 11.218
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.604
When I disable the first tps feature 2.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.813
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.191
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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13.101
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.685
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.459
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.660
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.450
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.788
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.906
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.722
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.194
When I write some files expected to persist 0.971
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.320
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.660
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.507
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.896
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.894
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.318
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084
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40.447
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.642
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.051
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.642
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.322
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.787
When I enable persistence 26.019
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.406
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.098
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.322
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.421
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.798
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 6.085
And the computer reboots Tails 33.353
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.406
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 16.025
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.134
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.593
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:6.149
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.241
# 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 27.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.208
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.054
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.166
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.018
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.292
And all notifications have disappeared 8.647
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.430
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.134
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.826
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.236
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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1:26.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.316
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.495
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.335
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:0.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.488
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.029
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.313
And all notifications have disappeared 7.711
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.227
And all tps features are enabled 9.846
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 1:54.005
And I enable persistence 28.713
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.400
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.520
And persistence is enabled 10.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.375
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.783
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.585
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.271
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.708
When I enable persistence 15.620
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.327
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.645
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.446
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.177
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.080
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.946
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.925
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.048
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.122
And all notifications have disappeared 8.107
# 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" 0.178
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.204
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.751
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.051
When I log in to a new session 7.931
And all notifications have disappeared 7.408
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.053
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000