Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 25 28 Aug 2026, 23:09

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 12:10.066 Passed
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
2:35.417
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.742
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.832
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.055
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.271
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.593
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.871
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.976
And I enable persistence 21.955
And I log in to a new session 7.435
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.609
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
1:15.938
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.667
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.838
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.138
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
2:52.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.154
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.121
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
When I start Synaptic 11.586
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.203
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.382
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.297
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.534
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.121
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.511
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.374
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.711
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.691
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.367
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
4:25.082
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.681
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 5.611
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.845
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.458
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.318
And I enable persistence 12.890
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 8.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.158
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.613
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
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 2.436
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.740
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.733
And I enable persistence 12.588
# 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 8.423
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.164
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 14.913
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
1:1.168
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" with network unplugged 33.550
And I enable persistence 13.315
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 7.129
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.556
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.461
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005