Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 24 27 Aug 2026, 23:07

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 12:8.581 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
2:30.657
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 46.311
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.133
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.135
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.502
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.119
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.502
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.859
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.145
And I enable persistence 20.806
And I log in to a new session 6.919
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.581
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.437
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:15.145
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 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.000
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.676
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.142
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.165
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.532
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.604
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.129
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.444
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.488
When I start Synaptic 12.174
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.081
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.489
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.546
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.135
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.326
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.449
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.136
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.237
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.689
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.357
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.858
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.862
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 5.108
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.142
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.734
And I enable persistence 13.378
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.379
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.080
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.413
And available upgrades have been checked 0.044
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.298
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.417
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.685
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.846
And I enable persistence 13.072
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.715
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.139
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 15.461
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.386
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.404
And I enable persistence 13.445
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.071
And I log in to a new session 7.746
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.999
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.600
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005