There is a bug on Whonix Gateway (used on Virtualbox on Windows 10): usually it boots properly (in persistent mode)
But SOMETIMES it boots in read only mode. I didn’t change settings and didn’t select live mode in the bootloader. This bug didn’t exist in previous versions (about a year ago)
Whonix version: 17.2.8.5
Affected component(s) or functionality: Gateway
Steps to reproduce the behavior: not sure. try to reboot many times and use it between reboots
Expected behavior: booting in persistent mode
Actual behavior: sometimes booting in read only mode
Highly likely only livecheck systray issues and not actually read-only.
Will most likely be fixed in the next release.