Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 14 12 Aug 2026, 23:01

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 24:15.338 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.364
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 1:15.804
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.543
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.250
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.465
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 8.420
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.696
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.155
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 8.177
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.398
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.756
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 5.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.170
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
28.304
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 7.892
And the system is very low on memory 4.650
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.486
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.344
And I free up some memory 0.435
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.182
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.348
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 8.050
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
And all tps features are active 9.594
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.509
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.374
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.314
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.129
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 7.801
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.040
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 7.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.041
And I disable the first tps feature 2.459
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.964
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.935
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 7.638
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 9.180
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.668
When I write some files expected to persist 1.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
# 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" 11.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.499
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 7.467
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 7.965
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.118
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.207
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.034
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
36.272
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.306
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.457
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.979
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 8.169
When I enable persistence 23.636
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.565
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.607
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.207
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.130
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.410
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.555
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 4.506
And the computer reboots Tails 31.655
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 14.285
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.055
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.133
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.327
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
2:7.321
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 8.021
# 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 27.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.580
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.060
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 7.993
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.650
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.376
And all notifications have disappeared 8.150
When I delete the persistent partition 2.569
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.348
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 8.032
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.910
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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1:28.728
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 7.925
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.408
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.775
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
58.682
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 8.182
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.137
And all notifications have disappeared 7.895
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.223
And all tps features are enabled 9.998
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.075
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 1:56.676
And I enable persistence 28.363
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.326
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
And persistence is enabled 10.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.393
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 7.340
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.569
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.254
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 8.261
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.698
When I enable persistence 14.095
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.939
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 8.475
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.445
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.137
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.103
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.713
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 8.004
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.363
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.080
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 8.105
And all notifications have disappeared 8.769
# 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" 0.115
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.252
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.119
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.002
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.325
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 7.865
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.955
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.282
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.149
When I log in to a new session 6.813
And all notifications have disappeared 6.111
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.102
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000