Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 1 04 Aug 2026, 17:31

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 24:46.372 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.408
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 1:20.359
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.160
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.197
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.096
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 8.434
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.144
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.004
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.518
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.154
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.965
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.780
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
28.847
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 8.085
And the system is very low on memory 4.773
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.221
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.077
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.382
And I free up some memory 0.446
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.645
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:3.711
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 21.412
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.244
And all tps features are active 9.047
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.752
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.499
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.744
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.083
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 7.826
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.034
When I enable the first tps feature 2.446
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.199
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 7.777
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.470
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.800
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.695
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 7.666
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 8.255
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.401
When I write some files expected to persist 0.933
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.176
# 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" 11.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.462
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 9.459
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.174
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.314
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.417
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.314
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
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36.675
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.260
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 10.731
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.726
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 8.191
When I enable persistence 23.622
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.858
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.059
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.374
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.493
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.310
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
When I cold reboot the computer 5.806
And the computer reboots Tails 32.074
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
Given I enable persistence 14.017
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.360
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:20.984
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 21.519
# 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 27.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.487
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.010
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.719
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 7.870
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.361
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.615
And all notifications have disappeared 7.855
When I delete the persistent partition 2.641
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.076
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 7.864
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.744
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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1:20.825
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 7.949
When I change a persisted setting for every dconf feature 4.606
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.400
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.672
Then the persisted setting for every dconf feature is still set 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.562
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 7.965
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.816
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.369
And all notifications have disappeared 8.464
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 9.483
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.425
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 1:57.271
And I enable persistence 27.711
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.318
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.450
And persistence is enabled 9.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.093
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 7.492
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.108
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.871
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.987
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.180
When I enable persistence 13.924
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.217
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 7.742
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.505
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.215
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.116
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.136
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.085
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.247
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.550
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 7.687
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.980
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 7.988
And all notifications have disappeared 7.130
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.081
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.112
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 7.831
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.825
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.264
When I log in to a new session 6.941
And all notifications have disappeared 8.023
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.027
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000