Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_late-patch-improvements 1 12 Nov 2026, 20:21

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 12:59.078 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
3:1.488
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.899
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.347
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.486
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.703
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.078
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.585
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.886
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.005
And I enable persistence 18.752
And I log in to a new session 7.236
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.203
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.660
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.513
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.088
And I update the APT lists using apt 33.980
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.408
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.142
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.698
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 1:39.004
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.264
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.417
When I start Synaptic 11.678
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.186
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.738
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.304
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.590
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.141
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.557
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.119
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.931
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.722
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.553
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.515
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.444
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.081
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.068
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.515
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.525
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.269
And I enable persistence 10.941
# 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 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.450
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.223
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.072
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.309
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.822
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.711
And I enable persistence 11.807
# 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 7.104
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.179
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.976
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.599
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.007
And I enable persistence 11.310
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.516
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.326
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.072
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005