Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 18 17 Aug 2026, 23:16

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 25:32.318 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.156
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 1:18.607
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.622
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.192
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.372
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 8.674
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.269
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.969
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.454
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.712
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.816
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
29.552
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 8.014
And the system is very low on memory 4.420
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.710
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.429
And I free up some memory 0.525
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.832
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 8.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 10.522
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.696
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.459
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.084
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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13.564
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 8.189
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.587
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.484
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.474
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.977
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.533
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 7.812
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.950
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.218
When I write some files expected to persist 0.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
# 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" 11.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.431
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 7.939
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.500
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.476
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.518
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.296
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.342
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
38.478
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 8.409
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.073
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.519
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.216
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 8.785
When I enable persistence 25.170
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.965
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.952
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.573
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.733
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 6.031
And the computer reboots Tails 33.488
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.316
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
Given I enable persistence 15.300
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.164
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.605
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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2:12.015
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 8.247
# 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 31.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.652
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
38.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.672
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.865
Then persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.987
And all notifications have disappeared 7.951
When I delete the persistent partition 2.669
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.290
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 8.747
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.328
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.947
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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1:31.010
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 8.367
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 10.773
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.209
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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1:2.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.589
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.728
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.803
And all notifications have disappeared 8.027
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.271
And all tps features are enabled 10.865
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.530
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
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 2:7.544
And I enable persistence 29.718
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.474
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 10.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
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 7.618
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.557
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.916
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 8.401
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.194
When I enable persistence 16.832
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.865
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 8.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.292
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.122
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.279
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 5.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.096
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 7.902
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.276
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.105
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.229
And all notifications have disappeared 7.990
# 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" 0.206
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.093
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.952
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.029
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.415
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.372
When I log in to a new session 8.615
And all notifications have disappeared 8.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.128
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000