Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 12 10 Aug 2026, 22:58

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 12:10.009 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
2:55.136
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 1:12.684
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.867
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.704
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.492
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.532
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.899
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.786
And I enable persistence 20.120
And I log in to a new session 6.613
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.128
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.604
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.477
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.324
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.790
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.142
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.130
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.121
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.001
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.126
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.503
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.466
When I start Synaptic 11.942
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.198
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.332
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.455
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.141
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.466
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.526
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.345
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.126
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.447
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:12.977
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.313
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 5.036
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.920
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.464
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.036
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.992
And I enable persistence 12.793
# 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
# 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 0.033
And I log in to a new session 7.179
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.189
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.483
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.768
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.384
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.734
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.147
And I enable persistence 12.191
# 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 7.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.166
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 15.576
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.397
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.742
And I enable persistence 12.218
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 7.838
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.603
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.782
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005