Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 21 24 Aug 2026, 23:09

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 24:11.328 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.447
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 1:16.160
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.325
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.210
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.054
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 8.444
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.046
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.335
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.362
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.156
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.190
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 8.054
And the system is very low on memory 4.442
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.235
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.282
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.476
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.186
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.720
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 7.995
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 10.129
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.440
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.443
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.614
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
12.896
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 7.665
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I disable the first tps feature 2.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.042
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.235
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 7.732
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.465
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.858
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.513
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
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.245
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.531
When I write some files expected to persist 0.950
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.236
# 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" 10.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.644
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 7.684
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.259
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.220
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.357
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 11.419
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.340
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
38.408
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 8.246
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.532
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.984
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 8.339
When I enable persistence 24.012
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.104
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.128
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.355
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.136
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.427
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.512
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.087
When I cold reboot the computer 5.731
And the computer reboots Tails 32.458
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.169
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.107
Given I enable persistence 14.583
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.129
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.524
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:4.902
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 8.186
# 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 27.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.455
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.416
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.622
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 7.748
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.337
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.627
And all notifications have disappeared 7.970
When I delete the persistent partition 2.624
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.038
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 enabled and logged in 7.994
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.487
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:27.672
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 7.940
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.390
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.704
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
58.741
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 7.926
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.381
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.137
And all notifications have disappeared 8.514
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 9.400
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.233
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:58.249
And I enable persistence 28.353
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.201
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.499
And persistence is enabled 9.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.040
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 7.426
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.070
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.348
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 7.776
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.503
When I enable persistence 14.785
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.199
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 7.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.961
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.428
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.093
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.071
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 7.733
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.935
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.085
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.969
And all notifications have disappeared 6.741
# 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" 0.118
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.138
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.138
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.025
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 7.821
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.782
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.399
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.223
When I log in to a new session 6.975
And all notifications have disappeared 6.578
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.090
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000