Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21569-fix-gnome-software-notifications 1 02 Oct 2026, 17:55

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 12:27.197 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
2:29.238
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.337
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.990
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.179
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.114
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.159
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.542
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.949
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.018
And I enable persistence 18.850
And I log in to a new session 7.462
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.752
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.633
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.099
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.503
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.436
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 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.465
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 0.145
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.731
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.120
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.327
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.427
When I start Synaptic 11.537
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.161
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.860
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.382
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.547
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.590
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.530
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.129
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.820
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.741
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:22.105
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.894
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.381
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.132
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.145
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.326
And I enable persistence 10.977
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.848
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.153
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.323
And available upgrades have been checked 0.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.962
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.782
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.493
And I enable persistence 12.361
# 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 0.004
And I log in to a new session 7.675
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.156
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 15.816
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017
Given a computer 0.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.861
And I enable persistence 11.963
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 6.882
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.789
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.363
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006