Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 4 21 Aug 2026, 16:16

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 12:30.810 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
2:44.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
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 47.619
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.392
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.222
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.834
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.060
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.656
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.947
And I enable persistence 21.484
And I log in to a new session 8.682
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.119
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.544
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.535
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:15.470
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.711
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.306
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.144
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.175
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.006
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.237
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.390
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.662
When I start Synaptic 12.426
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.236
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.147
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.119
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.473
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.219
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.187
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.758
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.476
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:29.966
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.769
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 5.387
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.022
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.214
And I enable persistence 11.879
# 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 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.176
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.166
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.837
And available upgrades have been checked 0.060
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.556
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.676
And I enable persistence 13.090
# 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 7.384
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.193
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.085
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 15.777
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.488
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.423
And I enable persistence 12.687
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 8.989
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.481
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.718
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006