Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_disclose-security-issues-post-release 3 29 May 2026, 19:00

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 12:31.109 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
2:40.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.987
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.541
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.765
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.675
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.305
And I enable persistence 16.248
And I log in to a new session 9.643
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.443
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.580
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.630
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.012
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.106
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.550
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.332
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.756
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.706
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.130
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.393
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.476
When I start Synaptic 12.381
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.391
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.413
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.440
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.617
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.296
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.089
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.927
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.886
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.840
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.788
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.874
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.126
And I enable persistence 5.447
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.470
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.282
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.523
And available upgrades have been checked 4.225
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.528
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.297
And I enable persistence 6.537
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 9.428
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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.444
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.862
And I enable persistence 6.281
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 9.557
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.689
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.933
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024