Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 2 23 Jul 2026, 03:46

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 12:34.750 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
2:38.518
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 47.283
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.531
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.238
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.909
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.260
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.757
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.791
And I enable persistence 17.060
And I log in to a new session 9.167
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.166
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.592
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.589
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.885
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.771
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.469
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.112
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.964
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.189
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.575
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
When I start Synaptic 12.202
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.380
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.251
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.609
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.095
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.763
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.432
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.901
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.117
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 8.579
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.768
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.942
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.280
And I enable persistence 8.984
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 8.763
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.214
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 12.182
And available upgrades have been checked 1.097
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.484
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.499
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.019
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.888
And I enable persistence 8.700
# 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 9.466
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.283
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.583
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.331
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.701
And I enable persistence 10.222
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.671
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.612
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.898
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006