Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.14-release-process 2 29 Sep 2026, 21:54

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 12:24.456 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
2:36.622
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 44.724
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.328
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.209
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.824
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.026
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.647
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.977
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.017
And I enable persistence 20.513
And I log in to a new session 8.172
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.098
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.438
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.546
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.233
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.997
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.724
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.155
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.217
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.590
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.187
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.545
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.469
When I start Synaptic 11.905
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.573
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.306
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.647
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.134
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.173
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.612
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.930
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.440
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.002
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 a computer 0.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.063
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.232
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.794
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.998
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.446
And I enable persistence 12.136
# 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 0.038
And I log in to a new session 7.288
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.075
And available upgrades have been checked 0.036
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.347
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.937
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.978
And I enable persistence 12.469
# 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 8.348
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.448
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 17.476
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.596
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 0.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.327
And I enable persistence 11.940
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 7.676
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.540
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.876
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006