Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 7 07 Aug 2026, 23:02

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 12:24.314 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
2:35.879
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 47.019
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.623
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.161
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.006
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.409
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.583
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.091
And I enable persistence 20.584
And I log in to a new session 8.269
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.103
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.606
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.473
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.067
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.991
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.544
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.196
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.192
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.424
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.210
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.118
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.343
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.611
When I start Synaptic 11.410
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.105
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.025
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.744
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.136
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.553
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.067
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.526
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.611
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.326
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.161
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.343
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.840
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.766
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.967
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.513
And I enable persistence 13.960
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 7.525
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.169
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.022
And available upgrades have been checked 0.062
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.851
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.630
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.641
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.442
And I enable persistence 13.298
# 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 8.447
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.484
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 15.090
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.781
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.353
And I enable persistence 13.408
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 6.952
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.544
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.096
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005