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@Guiiix Guiiix commented Feb 8, 2026

Some programs try to start gvfs-daemon, which refusing to start when minimal-vm is enabled, using a dbus method call and resulting in timeouts.

Trying to start a masked service is detected by Dbus and doesn't trigger any timeout.

The service is masked at runtime thanks to a new service executed when running a qube with minimal-netvm or minimal-usbvm.

Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#10165 (comment)

Some programs try to start gvfs-daemon, which refusing
to start when minimal-vm is enabled, using a dbus method call
and resulting in timeouts.

Trying to start a masked service is detected by Dbus and doesn't
trigger any timeout.

The service is masked at runtime thanks to a new service executed
when running a qube with minimal-netvm or minimal-usbvm.
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OpenQA test summary

Complete test suite and dependencies: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2026021104-4.3&flavor=pull-requests

Test run included the following:

New failures, excluding unstable

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2026020304-devel&flavor=update

  • system_tests_audio

    • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-18: test_225_audio_rec_unmuted_hvm (failure)
      AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 7.92344671201814...
  • system_tests_audio@hw1

  • system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13

  • system_tests_dispvm_perf@hw7

    • TC_00_DispVMPerf_whonix-workstation-18: test_800_dom0_vm_api (failure + timed out)
      AssertionError: Timeout while waiting for VM test-inst-dvm shutdown
  • system_tests_gpu_passthrough@hw13

    • gpu_passthrough: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: command 'qvm-template install debian-12-xfce' failed a...
  • system_tests_qwt_win10@hw13

    • windows_install: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: Install failed with code 1 at qubesos/tests/windows_in...

Failed tests

8 failures
  • system_tests_network_updates

    • TC_00_Dom0Upgrade_whonix-gateway-18: test_000_update_salt (error)
      subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'timeout=120; while ! tor-ci...
  • system_tests_audio

    • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-18: test_225_audio_rec_unmuted_hvm (failure)
      AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 7.92344671201814...
  • system_tests_audio@hw1

  • system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13

    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'windows-Edge-complete...
  • system_tests_dispvm_perf@hw7

    • TC_00_DispVMPerf_whonix-workstation-18: test_800_dom0_vm_api (failure + timed out)
      AssertionError: Timeout while waiting for VM test-inst-dvm shutdown
  • system_tests_gpu_passthrough@hw13

    • gpu_passthrough: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: command 'qvm-template install debian-12-xfce' failed a...
  • system_tests_qwt_win10@hw13

    • windows_install: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: Install failed with code 1 at qubesos/tests/windows_in...

Fixed failures

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/166096#dependencies

33 fixed
  • system_tests_whonix

    • whonixcheck: fail (unknown)
      Whonixcheck for anon-whonix failed...

    • whonixcheck: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: qr/D8rIe-\d+-/...

    • whonixcheck: Failed (test died + timed out)
      # Test died: command 'qvm-run -ap whonix-gateway-18 'LC_ALL=C whon...

  • system_tests_network

  • system_tests_gui_interactive

    • collect_logs: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: qr/m~uU4-\d+-/...

    • collect_logs: Failed (test died + timed out)
      # Test died: command 'curl --form [email protected] --form upn...

  • system_tests_network_ipv6

  • system_tests_dispvm

    • system_tests: Fail (unknown)
      Tests qubes.tests.integ.dispvm failed (exit code 1), details report...

    • system_tests: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: Some tests failed at qubesos/tests/system_tests.pm lin...

    • TC_20_DispVM_whonix-workstation-18: test_015_preload_race_more (error)
      raise TimeoutError from exc_val... TimeoutError

  • system_tests_audio

  • system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13

  • system_tests_qwt_win11@hw13

    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'personal-text-editor'...
  • system_tests_guivm_vnc_gui_interactive

    • guivm_manager: unnamed test (unknown)

    • guivm_manager: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'menu-qubes-tools' mat...

    • guivm_manager: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: qr/yp0HG-\d+-/...

  • system_tests_pvgrub_salt_storage

    • system_tests: Fail (unknown)
      Tests qubes.tests.integ.grub failed (exit code 1), details reported...

    • system_tests: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: Some tests failed at qubesos/tests/system_tests.pm lin...

    • TC_41_HVMGrub_fedora-42-xfce: test_000_standalone_vm (error)
      qubes.exc.QubesVMError: Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seco...

    • TC_41_HVMGrub_fedora-42-xfce: test_010_template_based_vm (error)
      qubes.exc.QubesVMError: Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seco...

  • system_tests_qwt_win10@hw13

    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'windows-Edge-setup-no...

Unstable tests

Details

Performance Tests

Performance degradation:

12 performance degradations
  • fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 104.75 🔻 ( previous job: 93.21, degradation: 112.38%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 257445.00 🔻 ( previous job: 415606.00, degradation: 61.94%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 79257.00 🔻 ( previous job: 93351.00, degradation: 84.90%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 10876.00 🔻 ( previous job: 18745.00, degradation: 58.02%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 612.00 🔻 ( previous job: 2205.00, degradation: 27.76%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 7434.00 🔻 ( previous job: 10453.00, degradation: 71.12%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 7725.00 🔻 ( previous job: 8763.00, degradation: 88.15%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 98389.00 🔻 ( previous job: 118833.00, degradation: 82.80%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 313101.00 🔻 ( previous job: 349641.00, degradation: 89.55%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 796.00 🔻 ( previous job: 905.00, degradation: 87.96%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 105770.00 🔻 ( previous job: 136438.00, degradation: 77.52%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-vm-api (mean:0.045): 0.54 🔻 ( previous job: 0.41, degradation: 130.75%)

Remaining performance tests:

98 tests
  • debian-13-xfce_exec: 5.46 🟢 ( previous job: 6.30, improvement: 86.70%)
  • debian-13-xfce_exec-root: 27.65 🔻 ( previous job: 27.04, degradation: 102.24%)
  • debian-13-xfce_socket: 8.32 🟢 ( previous job: 8.42, improvement: 98.73%)
  • debian-13-xfce_socket-root: 8.49 🔻 ( previous job: 8.42, degradation: 100.81%)
  • debian-13-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 68.16 🔻 ( previous job: 67.13, degradation: 101.53%)
  • debian-13-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 68.09 🟢 ( previous job: 70.17, improvement: 97.04%)
  • debian-13-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 82.86 🔻 ( previous job: 80.31, degradation: 103.18%)
  • debian-13-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 134.87 🔻 ( previous job: 134.11, degradation: 100.57%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_exec: 9.06 🟢 ( previous job: 9.13, improvement: 99.23%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_exec-root: 58.83 🟢 ( previous job: 60.02, improvement: 98.01%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_socket: 8.23 🔻 ( previous job: 8.19, degradation: 100.48%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_socket-root: 8.53 🟢 ( previous job: 8.70, improvement: 98.06%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 65.77 🟢 ( previous job: 68.14, improvement: 96.52%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 69.93 🔻 ( previous job: 68.13, degradation: 102.65%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 133.64 🟢 ( previous job: 138.56, improvement: 96.45%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_exec: 7.63 🔻 ( previous job: 7.35, degradation: 103.82%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_exec-root: 129.16 🟢 ( previous job: 131.64, improvement: 98.12%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_socket: 7.82 🔻 ( previous job: 7.40, degradation: 105.78%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_socket-root: 7.50 🟢 ( previous job: 7.65, improvement: 98.05%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_exec-data-simplex: 58.48 🟢 ( previous job: 72.83, improvement: 80.30%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_exec-data-duplex: 70.02 🟢 ( previous job: 75.39, improvement: 92.87%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_exec-data-duplex-root: 137.97 🟢 ( previous job: 152.93, improvement: 90.21%)
  • whonix-gateway-18_socket-data-duplex: 141.27 🟢 ( previous job: 146.64, improvement: 96.34%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_exec: 7.44 🟢 ( previous job: 8.13, improvement: 91.56%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_exec-root: 132.90 🟢 ( previous job: 139.53, improvement: 95.25%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_socket: 8.09 🟢 ( previous job: 8.51, improvement: 95.02%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_socket-root: 8.01 🔻 ( previous job: 8.00, degradation: 100.12%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_exec-data-simplex: 71.30 🔻 ( previous job: 67.80, degradation: 105.16%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_exec-data-duplex: 72.83 🟢 ( previous job: 73.26, improvement: 99.41%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_exec-data-duplex-root: 146.66 🟢 ( previous job: 146.76, improvement: 99.93%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_socket-data-duplex: 140.26 🔻 ( previous job: 138.51, degradation: 101.26%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 179627.00 🟢 ( previous job: 71899.00, improvement: 249.83%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 24011.00 🟢 ( previous job: 22755.00, improvement: 105.52%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1249.00 🟢 ( previous job: 258.00, improvement: 484.11%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 12051.00 🟢 ( previous job: 9986.00, improvement: 120.68%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 412176.00 🟢 ( previous job: 81191.00, improvement: 507.66%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 148582.00 🟢 ( previous job: 66870.00, improvement: 222.20%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 443372.00 🟢 ( previous job: 425213.00, improvement: 104.27%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 169545.00 🟢 ( previous job: 167196.00, improvement: 101.40%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 105465.00 🟢 ( previous job: 104460.00, improvement: 100.96%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 4438.00 🟢 ( previous job: 3931.00, improvement: 112.90%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 398849.00 🟢 ( previous job: 282711.00, improvement: 141.08%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 63335.00 🔻 ( previous job: 69093.00, degradation: 91.67%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 78384.00 🔻 ( previous job: 80558.00, degradation: 97.30%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1912.00 🟢 ( previous job: 1680.00, improvement: 113.81%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8851.00 🔻 ( previous job: 9096.00, degradation: 97.31%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 344133.00 🟢 ( previous job: 273565.00, improvement: 125.80%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 339015.00 🔻 ( previous job: 357875.00, degradation: 94.73%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 59454.00 🟢 ( previous job: 51291.00, improvement: 115.92%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 90782.00 🟢 ( previous job: 23101.00, improvement: 392.98%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 3529.00 🟢 ( previous job: 2605.00, improvement: 135.47%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8907.00 🟢 ( previous job: 8753.00, improvement: 101.76%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1058.00 🟢 ( previous job: 719.00, improvement: 147.15%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 379643.00 🟢 ( previous job: 338906.00, improvement: 112.02%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 203453.00 🟢 ( previous job: 114705.00, improvement: 177.37%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 285949.00 🔻 ( previous job: 315931.00, degradation: 90.51%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 71361.00 🟢 ( previous job: 60295.00, improvement: 118.35%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 83848.00 🔻 ( previous job: 89810.00, degradation: 93.36%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2885.00 🟢 ( previous job: 2192.00, improvement: 131.61%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 7805.00 🔻 ( previous job: 8251.00, degradation: 94.59%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1619.00 🟢 ( previous job: 1339.00, improvement: 120.91%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-api (mean:6.177): 74.12 🟢 ( previous job: 79.83, improvement: 92.85%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-gui-api (mean:7.607): 91.29 🟢 ( previous job: 92.49, improvement: 98.70%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-api (mean:3.15): 37.81 🟢 ( previous job: 44.94, improvement: 84.12%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-delay-0-api (mean:2.882): 34.58 🟢 ( previous job: 41.46, improvement: 83.40%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-delay-minus-1d2-api (mean:3.316): 39.79 🟢 ( previous job: 47.01, improvement: 84.64%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-api (mean:2.402): 28.82 🟢 ( previous job: 37.67, improvement: 76.51%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-delay-0-api (mean:2.526): 30.31 🟢 ( previous job: 36.76, improvement: 82.45%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-delay-minus-1d2-api (mean:2.529): 30.35 🟢 ( previous job: 37.87, improvement: 80.15%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-gui-api (mean:4.428): 53.14 🟢 ( previous job: 55.58, improvement: 95.60%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-gui-api (mean:3.729): 44.74 🟢 ( previous job: 47.73, improvement: 93.76%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-6-gui-api (mean:3.554): 42.65 🟢 ( previous job: 47.11, improvement: 90.53%)
  • debian-13-xfce_dom0-vm-gui-api (mean:0.038): 0.45 🟢 ( previous job: 0.48, improvement: 93.76%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-api (mean:6.562): 78.75 🟢 ( previous job: 84.64, improvement: 93.03%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-gui-api (mean:8.544): 102.53 🔻 ( previous job: 99.96, degradation: 102.56%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-api (mean:3.359): 40.30 🟢 ( previous job: 47.97, improvement: 84.02%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-delay-0-api (mean:3.189): 38.26 🟢 ( previous job: 48.54, improvement: 78.83%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-delay-minus-1d2-api (mean:3.563): 42.76 🟢 ( previous job: 50.22, improvement: 85.14%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-api (mean:2.608): 31.30 🟢 ( previous job: 39.46, improvement: 79.32%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-delay-0-api (mean:2.81): 33.72 🟢 ( previous job: 40.12, improvement: 84.06%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-delay-minus-1d2-api (mean:2.772): 33.26 🟢 ( previous job: 42.41, improvement: 78.42%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-gui-api (mean:4.85): 58.20 🟢 ( previous job: 62.27, improvement: 93.46%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-gui-api (mean:4.146): 49.75 🟢 ( previous job: 54.33, improvement: 91.57%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-dispvm-preload-6-gui-api (mean:3.384): 40.61 🟢 ( previous job: 54.25, improvement: 74.86%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-vm-api (mean:0.041): 0.49 🟢 ( previous job: 0.50, improvement: 96.83%)
  • fedora-42-xfce_dom0-vm-gui-api (mean:0.039): 0.47 🟢 ( previous job: 0.49, improvement: 94.72%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-api (mean:7.975): 95.69 🟢 ( previous job: 110.52, improvement: 86.59%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-gui-api (mean:10.429): 125.15 🔻 ( previous job: 121.96, degradation: 102.62%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-api (mean:4.756): 57.07 🟢 ( previous job: 64.20, improvement: 88.90%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-delay-0-api (mean:4.037): 48.45 🟢 ( previous job: 61.89, improvement: 78.28%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-delay-minus-1d2-api (mean:5.072): 60.87 🟢 ( previous job: 69.42, improvement: 87.68%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-api (mean:3.537): 42.44 🟢 ( previous job: 56.66, improvement: 74.90%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-delay-0-api (mean:4.008): 48.09 🟢 ( previous job: 60.57, improvement: 79.40%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-delay-minus-1d2-api (mean:3.676): 44.12 🟢 ( previous job: 59.37, improvement: 74.30%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-2-gui-api (mean:6.353): 76.23 🟢 ( previous job: 77.58, improvement: 98.25%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-4-gui-api (mean:5.161): 61.93 🟢 ( previous job: 69.81, improvement: 88.71%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-dispvm-preload-6-gui-api (mean:4.583): 54.99 🟢 ( previous job: 68.61, improvement: 80.15%)
  • whonix-workstation-18_dom0-vm-gui-api (mean:0.053): 0.64 🟢 ( previous job: 0.65, improvement: 98.30%)

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You can keep it a system unit and use systemctl --global instead of systemctl --user. This way it will be also easier to do it before relevant user units are started.

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