Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.15.1-release-process 1 23 Oct 2026, 16:14

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 13:4.634 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
2:59.420
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 44.051
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.839
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.395
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.473
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.806
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.526
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.201
And I enable persistence 19.115
And I log in to a new session 7.656
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.459
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.640
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.340
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.184
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.523
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.359
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.927
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.130
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.477
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.789
When I start Synaptic 12.114
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.096
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.017
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.287
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.634
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.473
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.102
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.987
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.457
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.135
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.602
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 5.502
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.362
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.996
And I enable persistence 11.182
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 7.149
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.151
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.305
And available upgrades have been checked 1.090
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.374
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 12.613
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.908
And I enable persistence 13.335
# 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 7.362
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.476
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 15.069
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.247
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.263
And I enable persistence 11.175
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 7.462
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.433
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.538
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017