Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features 2 12 Nov 2026, 20:24

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 13:23.168 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
3:6.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.647
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.278
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.452
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.686
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.932
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.635
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.125
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.070
And I enable persistence 23.636
And I log in to a new session 8.095
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.126
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.660
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 1.745
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.012
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.512
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.540
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.192
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.279
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.159
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.447
When I start Synaptic 11.680
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.181
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.722
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.323
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.475
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.916
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.805
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.522
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.725
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 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.177
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 6.447
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.967
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.245
And I enable persistence 12.054
# 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
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 8.620
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.189
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.749
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.377
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.052
And I enable persistence 11.887
# 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 7.514
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.186
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 15.162
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.597
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.993
And I enable persistence 11.610
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 7.098
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.637
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.073
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006