Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.15.1-release-process 3 24 Oct 2026, 19:29

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 12:49.697 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
2:57.709
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.358
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.042
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.434
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.749
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.559
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.364
And I enable persistence 19.051
And I log in to a new session 6.507
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.107
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.571
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.531
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.045
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.210
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.154
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.407
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.270
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 1:34.852
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.495
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.417
When I start Synaptic 11.589
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.289
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.884
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.328
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.176
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.190
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.826
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.488
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.275
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.287
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 5.915
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.355
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.901
And I enable persistence 11.391
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.563
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.423
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.979
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.851
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.321
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.573
And I enable persistence 11.800
# 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 8.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.365
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 14.426
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.395
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 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.380
And I enable persistence 12.015
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 8.292
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.669
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.830
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005