1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix b/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix
index c424288e00a..deddb9d0834 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} :
 {
   name = "signal-desktop";
   meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
-    maintainers = [ flokli ];
+    maintainers = [ flokli primeos ];
   };
 
   machine = { ... }:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} :
 
     services.xserver.enable = true;
     test-support.displayManager.auto.user = "alice";
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.signal-desktop ];
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ signal-desktop file ];
     virtualisation.memorySize = 1024;
   };
 
@@ -39,5 +39,17 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} :
     machine.wait_for_text("Signal")
     machine.wait_for_text("File Edit View Window Help")
     machine.screenshot("signal_desktop")
+
+    # Test if the database is encrypted to prevent these issues:
+    # - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/108772
+    # - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/117555
+    print(machine.succeed("su - alice -c 'file ~/.config/Signal/sql/db.sqlite'"))
+    # TODO: The DB should be encrypted and the following should be machine.fail
+    # instead of machine.succeed but the DB is currently unencrypted and we
+    # want to notice if this isn't the case anymore as the transition to a
+    # encrypted DB can cause data loss!:
+    machine.succeed(
+        "su - alice -c 'file ~/.config/Signal/sql/db.sqlite' | grep -i sqlite"
+    )
   '';
 })