Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 20 23 Aug 2026, 23:00

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 25:20.816 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.427
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 1:14.648
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.837
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.358
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 8.328
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.645
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.196
And persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.705
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 8.368
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.220
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 5.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.231
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.139
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
28.502
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 7.678
And the system is very low on memory 4.697
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.177
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.081
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.401
And I free up some memory 0.500
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.774
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.321
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 8.252
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 9.924
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.541
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.685
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.078
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 7.701
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I disable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.087
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.992
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 7.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I disable the first tps feature 2.426
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.547
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 7.619
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.049
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.537
When I write some files expected to persist 1.008
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
# 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" 11.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.906
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 20.394
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.857
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.438
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.655
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.816
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090
Tags: @product
38.159
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 8.080
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.305
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.354
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 8.093
When I enable persistence 24.035
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.177
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.017
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.290
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.414
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.668
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 5.831
And the computer reboots Tails 32.192
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.139
Given I enable persistence 14.567
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.142
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.781
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.666
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 8.211
# 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 28.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.317
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.993
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.937
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 7.972
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.320
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.794
And all notifications have disappeared 7.914
When I delete the persistent partition 2.589
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.078
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 7.576
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.975
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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1:26.850
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 7.902
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 11.317
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.962
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.606
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 8.167
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.844
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.426
And all notifications have disappeared 7.213
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.229
And all tps features are enabled 9.762
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:34.004
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 2:42.816
And I enable persistence 31.998
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.925
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.505
And persistence is enabled 11.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.555
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 7.285
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.724
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.930
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 8.341
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.377
When I enable persistence 14.505
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.205
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 8.156
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.967
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.560
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.104
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.178
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.078
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.921
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 7.717
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.740
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.538
And all notifications have disappeared 7.332
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.073
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.138
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.995
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.705
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 7.675
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.817
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.250
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.232
When I log in to a new session 7.537
And all notifications have disappeared 7.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.069
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000