Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21839-regularly-update-tails-builder-apt-snapshots 1 27 Oct 2026, 15:18

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 13:42.862 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
3:6.192
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 49.212
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.825
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.470
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.119
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.529
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.731
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.034
And I enable persistence 18.792
And I log in to a new session 7.682
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.144
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.784
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.719
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:47.045
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.908
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.468
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.391
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.141
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.257
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.205
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.133
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.540
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.521
When I start Synaptic 12.507
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.945
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.141
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.568
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.534
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.785
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.850
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.639
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.926
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.612
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.531
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.431
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.910
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.949
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.129
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.539
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.968
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.204
And I enable persistence 12.630
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 7.602
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.442
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 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.243
And available upgrades have been checked 0.044
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.641
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.713
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.042
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.347
And I enable persistence 11.095
# 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 8.266
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.226
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 15.891
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.935
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.935
And I enable persistence 12.644
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 8.159
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.713
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.066
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015