Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 5 24 Jul 2026, 03:44

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 12:40.742 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
2:39.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.749
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.268
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.320
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.978
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.678
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.711
And I enable persistence 17.514
And I log in to a new session 9.031
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.616
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.738
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.797
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 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.382
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.888
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.275
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.327
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.231
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.200
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.646
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
When I start Synaptic 12.176
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.091
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.020
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.398
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.232
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.006
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.788
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.223
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.384
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.662
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 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.907
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 8.285
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.924
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.989
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.005
And I enable persistence 9.528
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.269
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.182
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.964
And available upgrades have been checked 2.129
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.405
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.277
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.298
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 9.529
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.187
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 15.598
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.780
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 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.109
And I enable persistence 8.610
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.258
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.390
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.928
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007