Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21569-fix-gnome-software-notifications 2 02 Oct 2026, 18:32

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 12:52.330 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
2:58.364
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 44.946
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.226
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.627
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.486
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.120
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.629
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.881
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.785
And I enable persistence 17.725
And I log in to a new session 7.315
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.374
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.624
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.534
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.161
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.533
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.940
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.387
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.150
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.259
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.018
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.219
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.450
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.348
When I start Synaptic 11.594
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.014
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.402
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.485
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.142
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.377
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.182
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.049
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.724
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.490
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.246
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.194
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.597
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.120
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.973
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.923
And I enable persistence 11.110
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 7.799
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.175
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.541
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.875
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.686
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.081
And I enable persistence 11.801
# 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 7.506
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.173
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 14.950
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019
Given a computer 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.986
And I enable persistence 12.421
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.577
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.742
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.395
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009