Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 1 04 Aug 2026, 17:31

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 11:44.982 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
2:25.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.557
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.857
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.144
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.625
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.074
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.590
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.967
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.535
And I enable persistence 18.853
And I log in to a new session 7.827
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.107
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.478
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.550
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.428
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.990
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.045
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.119
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.124
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.481
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.833
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.108
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.397
When I start Synaptic 11.740
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.888
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.167
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.306
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.465
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.286
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.123
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.149
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.573
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:12.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.356
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.048
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.020
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.492
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.013
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.257
And I enable persistence 12.041
# 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 0.034
And I log in to a new session 6.436
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.389
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.200
And available upgrades have been checked 1.091
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.302
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.449
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.891
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.655
And I enable persistence 12.191
# 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 7.337
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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 13.817
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.182
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.079
And I enable persistence 11.926
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.027
And I log in to a new session 6.345
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.782
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.654
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005