Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 6 06 Aug 2026, 22:57

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 164 1 3 0 0 168 21 1 22 23:34.526 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.599
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 1:17.204
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.492
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.647
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 8.118
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.412
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.180
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.664
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 8.476
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.553
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 5.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.688
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.580
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 7.787
And the system is very low on memory 4.674
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.204
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.277
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.127
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.388
And I free up some memory 0.440
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.381
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 8.286
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
And all tps features are active 9.845
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.499
When I disable the first tps feature 2.429
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.803
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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13.074
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 7.828
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.045
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 7.624
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.468
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.788
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.213
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 7.595
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 8.589
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.003
When I write some files expected to persist 0.821
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.319
# 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" 10.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.828
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 7.913
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 7.940
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.207
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.103
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.940
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086
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38.950
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 8.347
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.850
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.266
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 8.383
When I enable persistence 24.116
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.518
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.061
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.488
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.409
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.546
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.583
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
When I cold reboot the computer 5.684
And the computer reboots Tails 31.711
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.191
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.126
Given I enable persistence 14.447
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.392
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.716
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 8.031
# 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 29.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.378
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.950
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.074
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 8.492
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.556
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.817
And all notifications have disappeared 8.299
When I delete the persistent partition 2.569
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.681
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 7.657
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
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 1:5.595
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
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32.483
Scenario Dconf persistence
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.809
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.674
tails-dconf-monitor 
tails-dconf-monitor did not persist the change to 'KeyboardShortcuts (window manager)' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1286:in `change_persisted_dconf_setting'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1310:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1309:in `each_key'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:1309:in `/^I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature$/'
features/persistence.feature:151:in `When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature'
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.707 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:33:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:47_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:47_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:47_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/6/artifact/build-artifacts/02:33:47_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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59.987
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 8.259
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.954
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.785
And all notifications have disappeared 8.260
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.216
And all tps features are enabled 9.828
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.642
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 1:57.624
And I enable persistence 28.376
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.717
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.496
And persistence is enabled 10.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.792
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 7.359
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.993
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.746
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 8.331
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.426
When I enable persistence 15.981
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.398
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 8.123
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.870
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.247
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.131
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.222
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.086
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.225
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 7.859
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.513
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 7.825
And all notifications have disappeared 8.430
# 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" 0.129
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.054
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.526
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 7.835
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.869
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.237
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.993
When I log in to a new session 7.736
And all notifications have disappeared 8.885
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.192
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000