Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 8 08 Aug 2026, 23:00

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 23:19.784 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.290
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 1:18.686
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.430
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.130
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.665
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 8.334
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.489
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.261
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 8.464
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.476
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.354
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 7.644
And the system is very low on memory 5.576
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.164
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.069
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.480
And I free up some memory 0.466
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.785
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.947
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 7.982
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
And all tps features are active 10.105
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.407
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.772
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.431
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.023
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
Tags: @product
13.255
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 7.998
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I disable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.952
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 7.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.776
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.430
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 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.148
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.537
When I write some files expected to persist 0.951
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.169
# 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" 11.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.928
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 7.374
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 7.978
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.231
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.554
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.118
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.325
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.044
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
37.256
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 8.229
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.324
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.050
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 8.402
When I enable persistence 24.589
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.420
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.851
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.400
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.514
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.103
When I cold reboot the computer 5.824
And the computer reboots Tails 31.882
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
Given I enable persistence 15.225
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.132
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.333
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
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2:3.010
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 8.163
# 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 27.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.153
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.711
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.001
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 8.181
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.888
Then persistence is disabled 0.067
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.656
And all notifications have disappeared 8.423
When I delete the persistent partition 2.564
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.467
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 7.800
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.267
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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32.533
Scenario Dconf persistence
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.707
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.825
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 4.662 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:30:13)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:13_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:13_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:13_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:30:13_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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58.829
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 8.130
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.805
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.993
And all notifications have disappeared 7.422
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 9.995
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.981
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 1:57.176
And I enable persistence 27.649
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.639
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And persistence is enabled 9.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.655
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 7.585
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.644
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.382
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 8.275
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.520
When I enable persistence 15.275
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.481
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 8.026
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.914
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.300
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.257
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.174
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.911
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 7.729
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.687
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 7.988
And all notifications have disappeared 6.978
# 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" 0.116
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.078
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.135
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.015
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.137
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 7.783
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.600
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.232
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.065
When I log in to a new session 7.099
And all notifications have disappeared 7.144
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.089
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000