Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 7 07 Aug 2026, 23:02

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 24:33.471 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.716
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.021
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.250
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.194
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 8.357
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.817
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.185
And persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.997
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 8.480
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.097
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.368
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 8.248
And the system is very low on memory 4.622
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.445
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 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.458
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.899
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.409
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 21.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 9.756
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.022
When I disable the first tps feature 2.397
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.195
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.278
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 8.074
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.395
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.039
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 7.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.477
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.977
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.074
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 7.488
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 8.687
And I take note of which tps features are available 9.119
When I write some files expected to persist 0.956
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.173
# 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" 11.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.982
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 7.640
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.591
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.176
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.081
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.663
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.122
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
39.900
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 8.150
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.256
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:57.410
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 8.162
When I enable persistence 26.273
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.899
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.850
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.400
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.335
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.569
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.777
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
When I cold reboot the computer 5.804
And the computer reboots Tails 33.667
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.337
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.285
Given I enable persistence 16.281
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.336
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.079
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.583
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 8.255
# 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 27.887
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.741
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
40.406
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 8.814
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.363
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.561
And all notifications have disappeared 8.569
When I delete the persistent partition 2.651
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.727
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 8.482
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.367
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.618
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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32.946
Scenario Dconf persistence
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.277
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.669
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 4.808 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:34:35)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/7/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:35_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/7/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:35_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/7/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:35_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/7/artifact/build-artifacts/02:34:35_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:4.628
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 8.681
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.502
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.803
And all notifications have disappeared 7.726
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 9.921
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.001
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 2:0.467
And I enable persistence 29.557
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.925
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.605
And persistence is enabled 10.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.251
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 7.545
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.161
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.135
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 8.457
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.708
When I enable persistence 16.084
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.437
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 8.553
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.698
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.498
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.419
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.176
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.685
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 7.930
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.867
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 8.582
And all notifications have disappeared 6.337
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.071
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.273
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.093
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.308
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 8.282
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.485
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.100
When I log in to a new session 8.727
And all notifications have disappeared 7.497
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000