GuestInfo reverts to old data after VM shutdown

[ajgringo619]

I'm trying to get information about my guests without having to start them. Here's an example of my Debian 11 VM:

System is off

/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/HostVerLastChecked  = '6.1.38'                       @ 2022-10-02T23:48:31.042Z
/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision            = '154048'                       @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.218Z
/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version             = '6.1.40'                       @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.217Z
/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VersionExt          = '6.1.40'                       @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.217Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/MAC          = '0800273D1A5F'                 @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.220Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/Name         = 'enp0s3'                       @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.220Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/Status       = 'Up'                           @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.220Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Broadcast = '10.0.2.255'                   @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.220Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP        = '10.0.2.111'                   @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.220Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Netmask   = '255.255.255.0'                @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.220Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count          = '1'                            @ 2022-10-24T19:03:50.225Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product         = 'Linux'                        @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.217Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release         = '5.10.0-19-amd64'              @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.217Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/ServicePack     = ''                             @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.217Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Version         = '#1 SMP Debian 5.10.149-1 (2022-10-17)' @ 2022-10-24T19:03:35.217Z
/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID      = 'en_US'                        @ 2022-10-24T19:03:53.671Z RDONLYGUEST

System is on, logged in

/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/HostVerLastChecked    = '7.0.2'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:39:15.924Z
/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision              = '154219'                       @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.972Z
/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version               = '7.0.2'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.972Z
/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VersionExt            = '7.0.2'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.972Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/MAC            = '0800273D1A5F'                 @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.975Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/Name           = 'enp0s3'                       @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.976Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/Status         = 'Up'                           @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.976Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Broadcast   = '10.0.2.255'                   @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.975Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP          = '10.0.2.111'                   @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.975Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Netmask     = '255.255.255.0'                @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.975Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count            = '1'                            @ 2022-10-27T19:39:18.000Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsers     = '1'                            @ 2022-10-27T19:39:17.999Z TRANSIENT, TRANSRESET
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsersList = 'ajgringo619'                  @ 2022-10-27T19:39:17.999Z TRANSIENT, TRANSRESET
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/NoLoggedInUsers   = 'false'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:39:17.999Z TRANSIENT, TRANSRESET
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product           = 'Linux'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.972Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release           = '5.10.0-19-amd64'              @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.972Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/ServicePack       = ''                             @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.972Z
/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Version           = '#1 SMP Debian 5.10.149-1 (2022-10-17)' @ 2022-10-27T19:38:57.972Z
/VirtualBox/HostGuest/SysprepArgs          = ''                             @ 2022-10-27T19:38:49.097Z TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
/VirtualBox/HostGuest/SysprepExec          = ''                             @ 2022-10-27T19:38:49.097Z TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID        = 'en_US'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:39:10.318Z RDONLYGUEST
/VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxRev               = '154219'                       @ 2022-10-27T19:38:49.151Z TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
/VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVer               = '7.0.2'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:38:49.151Z TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
/VirtualBox/HostInfo/VBoxVerExt            = '7.0.2'                        @ 2022-10-27T19:38:49.151Z TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
/VirtualBox/VMInfo/ResetCounter            = '0'                            @ 2022-10-27T19:38:49.097Z TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST
/VirtualBox/VMInfo/ResumeCounter           = '0'                            @ 2022-10-27T19:38:49.097Z TRANSIENT, RDONLYGUEST

As soon as I shut the VM down, the data reverts to the first list (exactly, including timestamps). This is not consistent; some VMs retain their data, while others don't. All of my systems in question are using the ISO version of Guest Additions.

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The corresponding forum thread: ​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=107595