Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 6 06 Aug 2026, 22:57

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 12:3.070 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
2:34.135
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.348
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.179
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.700
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.129
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.562
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.783
And I enable persistence 22.723
And I log in to a new session 8.356
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.111
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.611
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.427
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:14.655
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 an administration password 1:4.004
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.193
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.170
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.130
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.408
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.860
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.123
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.448
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.439
When I start Synaptic 11.956
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.130
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.791
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.519
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.495
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.604
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.094
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.013
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.741
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.519
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.015
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 5.239
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.926
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.989
And I enable persistence 12.673
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 6.719
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.431
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.723
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.278
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.444
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.483
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.857
And I enable persistence 12.385
# 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 7.625
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.132
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 14.690
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.185
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.860
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.931
And I enable persistence 12.117
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 7.433
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.638
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.575
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005