4.1 rc1: Qubes Manager GUI offers "Disposable VM Template" for Template VMs but fails to apply/create/edit

[rwiesbach]

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Qubes OS release

4.1 rc1

Brief summary

In 4.0, The "Advanced" Tab does not offer "Disposable VM Template" checkbox for TemplateVMs. In 4.1 it does, but failes with "Invalid Property" on apply or OK. Both templates (4.0 and 4.1) were unused templates during the test.

I am not sure what the intended behavior is - do dvm-template always need a TemplateVM as a basis or can dvm-templates be standalone? This is not clear to me, partly because the "new qube" wizard does not offer dvm-templates (but only templaes or dvms). This way or the other it is a bug, either to offer this option (which is not intended to be available) or to fulfill the corresponding change.

[ninavizz]

Thx for filing this issue @rwiesbach! @marmarta let's chat about this on Monday? I don't have 4.1 on a machine just yet, but would love to learn more about this.

[alimirjamali]

I believe that this is already fixed in the PR for #7217

[andrewdavidwong]

Closing as completed. If anyone believes this issue is not yet completed, or if anyone is still affected by this issue, please leave a comment, and we'll be happy to reopen it. Thank you.

[rwiesbach]

If I understand correctly this will be fixed for Qubes 4.3 but not for 4.2, right?

[alimirjamali]

If I understand correctly this will be fixed for Qubes 4.3 but not for 4.2, right?

Not necessarily. Some of new features will be only for Qubes r4.3. But many will be back-ported to r4.2. This might be one of those.