Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 9 09 Aug 2026, 16:35

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 24:44.376 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.786
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 1:15.261
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.585
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.209
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.421
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 8.494
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.913
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And persistence is disabled 0.074
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.109
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 8.397
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.735
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.133
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
30.080
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 7.822
And the system is very low on memory 4.849
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.292
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.330
And I free up some memory 0.596
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.890
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.577
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 8.096
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 10.108
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.681
When I disable the first tps feature 2.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.481
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.391
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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13.129
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 7.860
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.041
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.193
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 7.647
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.422
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.964
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.192
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 7.482
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.250
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.331
When I write some files expected to persist 0.910
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.302
# 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" 10.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.240
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 7.621
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.073
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.119
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.762
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.890
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.106
Tags: @product
38.889
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.170
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.082
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.206
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.116
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 8.138
When I enable persistence 23.714
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.911
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.691
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.196
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.130
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.406
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.151
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 5.733
And the computer reboots Tails 32.309
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.192
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.102
Given I enable persistence 14.789
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.201
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.051
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 8.390
# 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 27.801
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.309
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.269
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.783
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 8.124
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.788
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.608
And all notifications have disappeared 8.250
When I delete the persistent partition 2.650
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.911
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 enabled and logged in 7.950
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.466
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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1:27.973
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 7.850
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.461
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.008
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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58.407
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 8.105
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.141
And all notifications have disappeared 7.417
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 9.877
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.905
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 2:9.369
And I enable persistence 27.721
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.864
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.503
And persistence is enabled 10.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.016
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 7.217
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.312
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.576
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 8.224
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.263
When I enable persistence 15.475
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.239
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 7.820
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.160
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.417
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.166
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.078
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.022
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 7.548
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.733
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.191
And all notifications have disappeared 6.706
# 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" 0.128
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.028
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.750
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 20.614
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.904
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.213
When I log in to a new session 7.109
And all notifications have disappeared 6.623
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.130
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000