Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 1 22 Jul 2026, 18:36

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 12:55.026 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
2:42.147
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 46.258
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.600
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.315
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.082
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.999
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.697
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.705
And I enable persistence 17.455
And I log in to a new session 9.890
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.430
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.737
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.618
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.483
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.212
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.235
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 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.476
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.177
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.165
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.397
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
When I start Synaptic 12.746
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.141
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.026
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.659
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.573
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.285
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.851
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.402
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.779
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.902
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.696
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.907
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.737
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.757
And I enable persistence 9.409
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.730
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.266
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.804
And available upgrades have been checked 3.218
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.459
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.818
And I enable persistence 9.473
# 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 10.687
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.606
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.734
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.377
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.915
And I enable persistence 10.650
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.019
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.648
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.967
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007