Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_late-patch-improvements 2 13 Nov 2026, 00:10

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 12:31.410 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
2:45.507
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 45.449
And I update the APT lists using apt 25.229
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.357
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.926
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.125
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.449
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.426
And I enable persistence 17.882
And I log in to a new session 7.297
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.632
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.510
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.851
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.615
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.558
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.395
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.141
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.691
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 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.119
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.486
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
When I start Synaptic 11.602
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.049
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.589
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.307
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.444
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.121
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.542
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.113
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.655
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.594
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.138
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.326
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:11.396
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:9.641
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 5.978
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.993
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.827
And I enable persistence 10.211
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.117
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 0.038
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.469
And available upgrades have been checked 1.104
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.828
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.355
And I enable persistence 10.009
# 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 7.441
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.154
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 15.042
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.963
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.198
And I enable persistence 10.483
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 7.506
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.628
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.801
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019