Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 19 19 Aug 2026, 22:59

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 25:6.080 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.777
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 1:17.479
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.348
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.306
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.437
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 8.292
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.693
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.251
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.797
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 8.142
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.819
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.915
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.096
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 7.753
And the system is very low on memory 4.559
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.247
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.202
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.488
And I free up some memory 0.455
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.251
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.104
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 8.092
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And all tps features are active 9.796
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.468
When I disable the first tps feature 2.418
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.236
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.493
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.484
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
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13.001
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 7.692
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.036
When I enable the first tps feature 2.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.127
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 7.686
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.043
And I disable the first tps feature 2.435
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.824
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.925
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 7.442
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.064
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.469
When I write some files expected to persist 0.981
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.213
# 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" 10.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.068
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 enabled and logged in 7.623
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 10.074
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 5.223
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.923
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.571
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.321
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
38.686
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 8.366
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.740
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.075
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.294
When I enable persistence 23.651
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.447
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.870
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.369
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.434
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.072
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.093
When I cold reboot the computer 5.714
And the computer reboots Tails 31.438
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 15.558
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.839
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:5.832
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 7.948
# 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 27.285
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.155
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.560
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
36.198
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 7.886
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.029
Then persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.273
And all notifications have disappeared 7.751
When I delete the persistent partition 2.144
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.875
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 7.568
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.679
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:27.785
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 7.555
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.353
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.337
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
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56.245
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 7.944
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.298
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.383
And all notifications have disappeared 7.079
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.221
And all tps features are enabled 9.944
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:28.077
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 2:37.692
And I enable persistence 31.541
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.369
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.485
And persistence is enabled 11.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.706
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 7.434
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.717
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.233
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 7.953
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.297
When I enable persistence 15.565
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.463
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 9.981
When I try to enable persistence 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.599
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.266
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.084
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 7.625
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.588
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.083
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.217
And all notifications have disappeared 7.030
# 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" 0.113
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.005
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.478
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.736
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.690
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.264
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.098
When I log in to a new session 7.183
And all notifications have disappeared 6.708
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.999
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000