Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 8 27 Jul 2026, 03:45

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 13:20.447 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
2:47.278
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.585
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.138
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.303
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.471
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.949
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.711
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.884
And I enable persistence 19.138
And I log in to a new session 10.281
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.738
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.689
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 an administration password 1:13.643
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.263
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.018
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.754
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.529
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
When I start Synaptic 12.676
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.538
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.824
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.841
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.580
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.277
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.050
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.764
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.312
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 9.162
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.052
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.448
And I enable persistence 10.865
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.104
And I log in to a new session 10.792
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.543
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.005
And available upgrades have been checked 2.151
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.468
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.524
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.476
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.429
And I enable persistence 9.523
# 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 0.008
And I log in to a new session 10.502
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.992
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.915
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.503
And I enable persistence 11.017
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.519
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.676
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.045
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007