Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features 1 12 Nov 2026, 19:58

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 13:15.352 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
3:12.682
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 45.086
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.477
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.502
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.233
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.665
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.567
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.333
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.654
And I enable persistence 24.779
And I log in to a new session 8.819
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.139
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.688
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.626
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:47.296
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.449
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.158
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.412
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.145
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.707
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.938
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.167
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.334
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.692
When I start Synaptic 12.015
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.326
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.621
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.544
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.555
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.134
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.523
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.210
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.151
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.802
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.470
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.816
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 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.286
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 5.312
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.213
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.859
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.380
And I enable persistence 11.694
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 8.171
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.174
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.090
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.407
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.922
And I enable persistence 12.089
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 8.438
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 14.291
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.849
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.998
And I enable persistence 11.697
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 7.698
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.479
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.815
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007