Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features 3 13 Nov 2026, 13:28

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 12:53.788 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
2:55.601
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 44.004
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.326
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.499
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.698
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.547
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.507
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.697
And I enable persistence 18.943
And I log in to a new session 7.261
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.102
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.414
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.562
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.451
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.307
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.512
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.381
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.114
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.691
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.134
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.455
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.392
When I start Synaptic 11.503
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.068
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.826
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.378
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.462
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.138
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.289
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.175
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.907
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.679
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.414
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.135
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.565
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 5.577
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.958
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.676
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.377
And I enable persistence 11.258
# 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 0.034
And I log in to a new session 7.943
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.150
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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.551
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.919
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.795
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.689
And I enable persistence 10.979
# 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 6.961
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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 14.021
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.817
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 32.649
And I enable persistence 11.319
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.693
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.907
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.851
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005