Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 6 25 Jul 2026, 03:48

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 13:4.391 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
2:47.574
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 48.560
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.289
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.884
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.601
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.802
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.137
And I enable persistence 19.396
And I log in to a new session 10.030
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.175
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.654
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.599
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.260
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.996
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.650
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.294
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.210
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.247
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.915
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.389
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.533
When I start Synaptic 12.466
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.184
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.967
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.809
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.528
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.283
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.278
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.153
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.440
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.782
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 1:22.555
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 8.467
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.007
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.461
And I enable persistence 8.790
# 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 10.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.177
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.846
And available upgrades have been checked 1.117
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.020
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.592
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.224
And I enable persistence 9.204
# 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 10.264
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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.851
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.525
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" with network unplugged 37.372
And I enable persistence 9.199
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 9.592
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.091
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.111
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006