Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 20 23 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 11:36.939 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
2:26.023
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 43.837
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.330
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.139
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.027
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.396
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.545
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.875
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.785
And I enable persistence 19.713
And I log in to a new session 6.879
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.188
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.722
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.485
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.768
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.100
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.254
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.130
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.078
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.614
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.097
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.456
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.389
When I start Synaptic 11.226
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.114
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.520
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.292
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.516
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.311
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.461
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 3.146
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.114
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.304
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.620
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.846
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.905
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.455
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.253
And I enable persistence 12.017
# 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 0.037
And I log in to a new session 6.831
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.161
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.111
And available upgrades have been checked 2.148
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.338
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.502
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.726
And I enable persistence 12.530
# 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 6.830
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 15.371
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.764
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 31.874
And I enable persistence 12.929
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 6.318
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.416
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.061
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063