Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 6 23 Aug 2026, 13:35

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 12:46.761 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
2:40.845
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.875
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.005
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.210
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.971
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.590
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.561
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.895
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.185
And I enable persistence 20.699
And I log in to a new session 9.295
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.110
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.698
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.656
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.408
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.812
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.205
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.215
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.529
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 0.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.176
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.372
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
When I start Synaptic 12.156
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.298
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.084
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.343
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.522
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.190
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.217
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.798
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.394
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.050
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 5.361
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.306
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.673
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.741
And I enable persistence 12.525
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.009
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.247
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.550
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.392
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.791
And I enable persistence 13.200
# 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 7.874
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.138
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 14.783
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.103
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.912
And I enable persistence 12.925
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 8.804
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.141
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.901
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013