Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 17 15 Aug 2026, 23:08

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 24:2.103 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.961
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 1:16.135
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.858
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.215
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.975
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 8.260
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.429
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:31.117
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 8.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.986
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 3.986
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.356
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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28.186
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 7.756
And the system is very low on memory 4.393
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.188
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.214
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.110
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.440
And I free up some memory 0.513
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.533
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.103
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 7.951
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And all tps features are active 9.784
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.408
When I disable the first tps feature 2.556
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.135
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
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13.335
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 7.984
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.274
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 7.602
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.633
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.106
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 7.383
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.951
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.347
When I write some files expected to persist 0.882
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.247
# 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" 11.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.914
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 7.827
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.377
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.194
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.769
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.048
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.355
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
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36.601
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 8.144
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.365
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.084
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.305
When I enable persistence 26.506
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.657
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.314
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.224
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
When I cold reboot the computer 4.606
And the computer reboots Tails 31.644
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.380
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.188
Given I enable persistence 14.376
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.132
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.221
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:5.615
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 7.994
# 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 26.978
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.060
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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36.491
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 7.957
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.228
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.343
And all notifications have disappeared 8.044
When I delete the persistent partition 2.616
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.607
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 7.949
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.122
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:26.370
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 7.693
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.282
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.308
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.709
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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58.708
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 7.849
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.223
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.678
And all notifications have disappeared 8.044
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.229
And all tps features are enabled 9.381
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:37.898
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:51.977
And I enable persistence 27.722
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.481
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.500
And persistence is enabled 10.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.681
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 7.327
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.896
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.441
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 8.077
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.241
When I enable persistence 15.211
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.174
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 7.911
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.130
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.621
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.240
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.240
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.749
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 7.697
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.843
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.184
And all notifications have disappeared 6.556
# 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" 0.125
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.029
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.704
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 7.721
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.940
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.225
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.452
When I log in to a new session 7.319
And all notifications have disappeared 7.074
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.054
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000