Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 23 26 Aug 2026, 23:00

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 11:51.843 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
2:24.607
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 43.394
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.085
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.172
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.541
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.191
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.544
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.842
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.128
And I enable persistence 19.392
And I log in to a new session 6.989
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.134
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.571
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.537
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.880
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.341
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.181
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.128
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.118
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.482
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.891
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.107
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.443
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.467
When I start Synaptic 11.521
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.081
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.183
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.376
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.518
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.141
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.558
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.078
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.707
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.495
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.824
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.045
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.177
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.164
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.507
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.558
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.045
And I enable persistence 12.503
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 7.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.209
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.563
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.315
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.561
And I enable persistence 12.074
# 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 6.438
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 15.029
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.039
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.140
And I enable persistence 12.495
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.030
And I log in to a new session 7.520
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.638
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.919
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005