Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21756-better-support-build-machine 2 30 Sep 2026, 19:54

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 12:36.283 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
2:39.253
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 45.859
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.056
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.750
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.665
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.578
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.393
And I enable persistence 20.190
And I log in to a new session 9.118
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.127
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.552
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.611
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.855
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.105
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.246
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.154
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.211
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.352
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.636
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.218
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.340
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.613
When I start Synaptic 12.358
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.358
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.378
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.325
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.088
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.330
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.682
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.334
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.126
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 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.453
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 6.013
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.864
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.800
And I enable persistence 12.663
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 8.202
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.177
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 13.024
And available upgrades have been checked 0.056
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.867
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.874
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.913
And I enable persistence 11.818
# 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 8.398
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
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 14.264
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.037
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.696
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.438
And I enable persistence 12.028
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 7.825
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.068
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.856
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005