Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 10 09 Aug 2026, 19:15

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 11:53.323 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
Feature Additional software
As a Tails user I may want to install software not shipped in Tails And have them installed automatically when I enable persistence in the Greeter
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:28.317
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.339
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.723
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.478
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.298
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.614
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.888
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.129
And I enable persistence 20.580
And I log in to a new session 7.719
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.114
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.643
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.516
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.302
And I update the APT lists using apt 3.885
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.137
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.123
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.480
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.751
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.111
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.289
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.382
When I start Synaptic 11.521
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.038
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.124
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.544
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.394
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.457
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.346
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.099
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.600
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.495
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.109
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.306
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.040
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.380
And I enable persistence 12.091
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.090
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
# We remove the newest package after it has been downloaded and before
# it is installed, so that the upgrade process fails
And I prepare the Additional Software upgrade process to fail 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.455
And available upgrades have been checked 1.094
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.764
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.560
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.463
And I enable persistence 12.283
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
And I log in to a new session 7.458
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.152
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.660
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.871
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.911
And I enable persistence 13.213
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.509
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.114
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.762
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005