Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 23 26 Aug 2026, 23:00

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 24:15.186 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.859
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 1:18.373
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.567
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.230
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.850
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 8.178
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.433
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.207
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.482
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 8.463
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.584
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.643
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
27.706
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 7.806
And the system is very low on memory 4.628
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.209
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.078
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.477
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 7.955
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.412
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 8.188
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And all tps features are active 10.004
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.573
When I disable the first tps feature 2.537
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.987
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.222
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.965
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
12.891
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 7.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.446
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.044
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 7.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.791
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.432
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 7.531
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.383
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.949
When I write some files expected to persist 0.987
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" 11.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.146
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 7.589
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.295
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.399
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.875
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
37.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.398
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 11.411
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.597
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 8.395
When I enable persistence 23.626
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.784
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.180
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.374
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" 4.531
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.074
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.099
When I cold reboot the computer 5.682
And the computer reboots Tails 31.853
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.300
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 14.576
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.163
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.249
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:7.599
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 8.113
# 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 28.786
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.286
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.767
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.565
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 7.822
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.146
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.603
And all notifications have disappeared 8.042
When I delete the persistent partition 2.589
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.205
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 7.967
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.784
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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1:26.253
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 7.636
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.556
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.499
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product
57.978
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 7.893
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.156
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.371
And all notifications have disappeared 7.748
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 9.787
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.943
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 1:58.360
And I enable persistence 29.024
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.789
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.472
And persistence is enabled 10.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.983
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 7.216
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.289
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.295
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 8.120
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.186
When I enable persistence 14.826
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.544
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 7.768
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.713
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.902
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.106
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.154
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.132
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.801
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 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.579
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.999
And all notifications have disappeared 6.752
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.105
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.979
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.967
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 7.602
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.849
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.253
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.214
When I log in to a new session 7.477
And all notifications have disappeared 6.610
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.049
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000