Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21866-update-firmware-sof 2 03 Nov 2026, 20:36

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 13:7.417 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
3:1.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.500
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.810
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.423
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.501
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.602
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.562
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.916
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.712
And I enable persistence 20.410
And I log in to a new session 7.498
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.408
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.576
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.585
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.508
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.988
And I update the APT lists using apt 33.829
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.386
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.138
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.484
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 1:36.947
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.180
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.492
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.478
When I start Synaptic 11.619
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.400
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.803
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.338
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.666
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.314
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.102
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.383
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.719
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.121
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.279
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.553
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.076
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.831
And I enable persistence 12.340
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 7.796
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.262
And available upgrades have been checked 2.247
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.323
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.471
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.705
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.937
And I enable persistence 11.652
# 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 8.108
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.168
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 15.103
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.663
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.003
And I enable persistence 13.512
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.985
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.835
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.144
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016