Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 4 23 Jul 2026, 14:26

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 13:8.091 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
2:45.057
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.616
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.142
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.527
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.625
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.644
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.083
And I enable persistence 19.073
And I log in to a new session 10.477
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.160
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.588
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.533
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.355
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.647
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.259
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.156
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.609
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.450
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.191
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
When I start Synaptic 12.413
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.597
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.363
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.589
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.368
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.328
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.959
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.236
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.514
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.781
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 9.244
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.940
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.737
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.036
And I enable persistence 10.592
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.326
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.569
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.806
And available upgrades have been checked 2.165
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.511
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.620
And I enable persistence 10.144
# 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 10.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.451
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.840
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.482
And I enable persistence 10.173
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 11.016
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.603
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.343
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006