Kali Undercover Mode Xfce Theme Persistence

Undercover Mode Visual Masking

Kali Linux provides the kali-undercover script to toggle the Xfce desktop environment's appearance to resemble a Windows interface. This feature modifies the current user session's themes, icons, and wallpapers to maintain stealth during physical assessments.

Configuration Conflict

Because the transformation modifies session-specific configuration files in ~/.config/xfce4, there is uncertainty regarding how manual UI customizations interact with the toggle. If a user modifies panel layouts or window manager settings while Undercover Mode is active, these changes may persist or conflict when reverting to the default Kali theme.

• Does the kali-undercover script perform a full state backup of the previous Xfce configuration before applying the Windows-like theme?
• What is the expected behavior for third-party application themes that do not natively support the Undercover Mode transition?