Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 5 05 Aug 2026, 23:24

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 25:1.912 Failed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.156
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 1:16.763
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.343
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.233
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.460
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 8.792
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.426
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.084
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 9.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.442
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.590
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.118
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
29.915
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 8.522
And the system is very low on memory 4.704
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.237
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.283
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.529
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.106
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.574
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 8.180
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
And all tps features are active 12.720
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.638
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.826
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.727
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 8.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.123
When I disable the first tps feature 2.620
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 2.495
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.899
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 7.798
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 3.035
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.871
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.269
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 7.749
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 13.135
And I take note of which tps features are available 10.866
When I write some files expected to persist 1.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
# 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" 11.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.825
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.658
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.326
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.629
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.026
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.440
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.110
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
40.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.801
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.134
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.715
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.820
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.297
When I enable persistence 27.259
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.460
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.908
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.449
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.593
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.753
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 6.428
And the computer reboots Tails 33.856
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.125
Given I enable persistence 17.664
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.298
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.650
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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2:14.871
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 8.686
# 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 30.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.546
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.828
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
39.783
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 8.468
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.344
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.386
And all notifications have disappeared 8.508
When I delete the persistent partition 2.697
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.833
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 8.738
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.410
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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32.974
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 8.266
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 24.707
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 4.863 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Dconf persistence' (at time 02:39:46)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:46_Dconf_persistence.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:46_Dconf_persistence.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:46_Dconf_persistence.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/5/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:46_Dconf_persistence.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:1.729
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 8.323
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.538
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.134
And all notifications have disappeared 7.775
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.414
And all tps features are enabled 10.625
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.957
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 2:12.687
And I enable persistence 29.650
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.563
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And persistence is enabled 11.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.350
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 7.553
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.243
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.622
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 8.339
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.669
When I enable persistence 16.944
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.348
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 7.938
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.214
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.900
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.111
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.124
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.574
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.087
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.145
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 9.328
And all notifications have disappeared 6.916
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.083
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.789
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 8.319
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.346
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.233
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.768
When I log in to a new session 8.730
And all notifications have disappeared 6.807
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.435
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000