Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 8 08 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 12:17.454 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
2:36.640
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 53.797
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.301
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.043
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.101
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.534
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.871
And I enable persistence 19.240
And I log in to a new session 7.212
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.162
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.598
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.555
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.737
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 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.989
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.257
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.182
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.112
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.960
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 a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.091
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.385
When I start Synaptic 11.664
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.065
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.710
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.308
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.451
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.119
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.591
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.095
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.633
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.666
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.448
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.260
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.399
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 5.598
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.107
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.931
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.594
And I enable persistence 12.725
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 6.441
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.156
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.079
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 19.677
And available upgrades have been checked 1.100
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.039
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.471
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.270
And I enable persistence 12.982
# 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 7.799
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.122
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 15.325
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.854
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.565
And I enable persistence 12.648
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 6.633
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.893
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.708
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004