Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 2 05 Aug 2026, 09:18

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 14:26.111 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
2:37.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 44.029
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.316
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.414
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.968
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.678
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.601
And I enable persistence 18.801
And I log in to a new session 8.927
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.146
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.636
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.588
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.991
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 an administration password 1:8.312
And I update the APT lists using apt 1:58.839
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.565
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.168
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.701
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.604
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.215
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.398
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.491
When I start Synaptic 12.115
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.331
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.820
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.406
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.216
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.132
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.789
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.409
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.398
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.747
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.634
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.657
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.591
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.312
And I enable persistence 10.227
# 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 0.016
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.182
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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.493
And available upgrades have been checked 2.127
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.421
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.501
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.315
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.550
And I enable persistence 10.121
# 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 9.299
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 15.630
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.163
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.574
And I enable persistence 10.021
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 8.969
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.592
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.851
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005