Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 16 14 Aug 2026, 23:04

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 24:31.829 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.767
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 1:18.456
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.424
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.208
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.793
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 8.419
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.288
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.391
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 8.585
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.520
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
41.936
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 21.048
And the system is very low on memory 4.419
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.217
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.443
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.083
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.469
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.804
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.317
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 8.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And all tps features are active 9.782
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.797
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.651
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.492
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.316
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
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13.301
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 8.130
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.969
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 7.643
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.429
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.756
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.855
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 7.707
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.155
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.840
When I write some files expected to persist 0.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.174
# 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" 11.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.843
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 7.585
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.225
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.196
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.364
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.716
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
37.725
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 8.123
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.589
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.259
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 8.262
When I enable persistence 23.418
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.368
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.092
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.485
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.082
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
When I cold reboot the computer 4.505
And the computer reboots Tails 31.967
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.303
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 14.824
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.285
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.513
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:4.209
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 8.068
# 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 26.971
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.130
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.409
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.675
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 8.339
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.532
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.455
And all notifications have disappeared 8.388
When I delete the persistent partition 2.601
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.133
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 8.249
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.392
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:30.333
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 8.317
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.892
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
59.297
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 8.360
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.127
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.124
And all notifications have disappeared 7.420
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.227
And all tps features are enabled 9.742
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.718
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 1:55.568
And I enable persistence 27.964
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.876
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.468
And persistence is enabled 10.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.866
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 7.284
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.099
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.068
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 8.514
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.542
When I enable persistence 14.793
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.085
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.372
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 8.082
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.751
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.995
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.128
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.078
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.086
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.689
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.197
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 0.032
When I log in to a new session 7.431
And all notifications have disappeared 6.958
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.137
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.235
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.059
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.906
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 8.131
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.856
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.275
When I try to enable persistence 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.484
When I log in to a new session 7.856
And all notifications have disappeared 6.521
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.016
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000