Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21773-wait-for-appstream-before-snapshot 2 28 Oct 2026, 18:48

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 13:24.445 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
3:4.306
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.056
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.305
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.479
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.886
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.336
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.768
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.930
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.537
And I enable persistence 18.749
And I log in to a new session 8.747
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.135
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.646
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.135
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.006
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.437
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.430
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.115
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.165
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 a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.056
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.157
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.475
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
When I start Synaptic 12.095
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.474
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.077
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.525
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.135
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.294
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.508
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.139
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.438
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.754
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.285
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.458
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 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.018
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 5.264
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.649
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.672
And I enable persistence 12.698
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 7.905
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.159
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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.558
And available upgrades have been checked 1.119
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.375
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.862
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.064
And I enable persistence 12.178
# 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 7.894
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.253
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 15.112
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.380
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" with network unplugged 35.180
And I enable persistence 17.066
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.067
And I log in to a new session 9.275
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.817
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.760
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006