Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.14-release-process 1 29 Sep 2026, 20:26

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 12:26.835 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
2:38.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.000
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.754
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.325
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.008
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.856
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.804
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.240
And I enable persistence 20.091
And I log in to a new session 8.682
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.100
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.667
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.637
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.550
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.551
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.231
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.335
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.058
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given a computer 0.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.345
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.188
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.339
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.446
When I start Synaptic 11.841
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.230
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.936
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.524
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.553
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.503
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.028
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.136
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.300
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.383
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 0.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.499
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 6.172
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.019
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.329
And I enable persistence 12.596
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.079
And I log in to a new session 8.174
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.481
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.112
# 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 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.100
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.363
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.728
And I enable persistence 11.114
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.015
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.162
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 16.200
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.083
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008
Given a computer 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.823
And I enable persistence 11.342
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.356
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.485
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.922
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009