Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 14 12 Aug 2026, 23:01

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 11:39.358 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
2:25.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 42.391
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.644
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.234
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.573
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.684
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.569
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.926
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.364
And I enable persistence 19.714
And I log in to a new session 7.484
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.130
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.416
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.469
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.066
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 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.628
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.000
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.169
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.114
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.984
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.157
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.129
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.272
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.387
When I start Synaptic 11.708
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.854
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.464
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.516
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.481
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.511
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.117
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.088
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.110
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.375
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 5.093
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.951
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.430
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.988
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.959
And I enable persistence 12.506
# 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 0.038
And I log in to a new session 7.599
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.162
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.305
And available upgrades have been checked 0.069
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.299
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.011
And I enable persistence 12.931
# 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 7.313
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.737
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.145
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 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.229
And I enable persistence 12.866
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 6.544
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.568
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.678
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004