Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21866-update-firmware-sof 1 03 Nov 2026, 14:34

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 12:53.328 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
2:59.081
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 45.004
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.254
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.478
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.636
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.829
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.602
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.295
And I enable persistence 21.327
And I log in to a new session 7.510
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.115
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.621
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.433
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.230
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.627
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.918
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.404
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.980
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.291
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.492
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.547
When I start Synaptic 11.525
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.068
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.145
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.530
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.141
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.805
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.645
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.347
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.274
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 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.926
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.971
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.955
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.883
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.392
And I enable persistence 12.100
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.084
And I log in to a new session 6.895
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.081
And available upgrades have been checked 1.120
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.291
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.389
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.260
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.740
And I enable persistence 10.515
# 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 7.980
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.124
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 15.430
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.037
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.761
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.715
And I enable persistence 11.153
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.062
And I log in to a new session 8.495
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.490
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.720
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005