Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 24 27 Aug 2026, 23:07

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 25:2.626 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:26.482
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 1:14.859
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.174
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.161
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.478
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 8.227
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.046
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.158
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.554
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 8.575
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.446
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.971
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.945
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
28.353
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 7.795
And the system is very low on memory 4.600
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.202
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.873
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.463
And I free up some memory 0.454
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.785
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:52.271
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 8.351
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
And all tps features are active 9.474
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.694
When I disable the first tps feature 2.399
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.615
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.750
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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13.276
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 7.961
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.000
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 7.540
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.439
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.831
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
55.181
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 20.450
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.153
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.558
When I write some files expected to persist 0.940
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.141
# 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" 10.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.881
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 7.668
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 9.421
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.298
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.478
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
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37.495
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 8.350
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.093
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.406
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 8.166
When I enable persistence 23.208
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.729
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.959
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.217
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.568
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.221
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
When I cold reboot the computer 6.968
And the computer reboots Tails 32.875
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
Given I enable persistence 15.702
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.134
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.488
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
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2:5.806
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 8.171
# 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 27.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.005
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.677
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
50.150
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 21.029
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.747
Then persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.206
And all notifications have disappeared 8.257
When I delete the persistent partition 2.574
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.967
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 enabled and logged in 8.056
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.442
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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1:28.560
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 8.063
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.429
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.536
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
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59.595
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 8.323
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.670
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.231
And all notifications have disappeared 8.333
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.297
And all tps features are enabled 9.974
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.878
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 1:58.827
And I enable persistence 27.159
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.219
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.495
And persistence is enabled 10.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.821
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 7.462
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.849
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
57.257
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 22.003
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.595
When I enable persistence 15.226
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.186
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 7.891
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.651
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.704
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.110
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.257
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 8.129
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.977
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 7.858
And all notifications have disappeared 6.701
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.086
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.055
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.761
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 8.071
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.676
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.271
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.199
When I log in to a new session 7.538
And all notifications have disappeared 6.012
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.145
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000