Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 15 13 Aug 2026, 23:07

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 25:26.531 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.677
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 1:19.764
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.049
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.186
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.632
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 log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.872
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.539
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.649
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.787
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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30.123
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 logged in 8.128
And the system is very low on memory 4.972
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.878
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.374
And I free up some memory 0.499
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.855
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:57.086
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 8.133
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 10.253
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.822
When I disable the first tps feature 2.534
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.333
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.886
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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13.295
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 8.027
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.203
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 7.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.634
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.742
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.280
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 7.869
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.897
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.321
When I write some files expected to persist 1.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
# 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" 11.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.807
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 7.613
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.337
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.298
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.894
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.757
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.427
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.124
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
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38.034
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 8.555
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.130
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.462
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.038
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 8.288
When I enable persistence 25.002
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.999
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.052
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.430
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.475
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.727
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.099
When I cold reboot the computer 5.928
And the computer reboots Tails 33.848
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.110
Given I enable persistence 16.560
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.349
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.347
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:11.683
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 7.955
# 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 27.888
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.460
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.664
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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40.047
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 8.644
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.045
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.935
And all notifications have disappeared 8.400
When I delete the persistent partition 2.621
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.715
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.034
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.225
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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1:30.987
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 enabled and logged in 8.162
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.366
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:3.116
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 8.267
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.709
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.035
And all notifications have disappeared 7.957
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 11.276
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.809
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 2:1.810
And I enable persistence 29.040
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.457
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.472
And persistence is enabled 11.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.924
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 7.394
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.001
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.786
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 8.862
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.953
When I enable persistence 17.438
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.036
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.675
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 8.670
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.915
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.458
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.227
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.250
Then persistence is successfully enabled 5.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.421
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 8.274
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.169
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.293
And all notifications have disappeared 7.593
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.089
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.240
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.173
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 8.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.961
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.301
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.016
When I log in to a new session 7.013
And all notifications have disappeared 7.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.019
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000