Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.15.1-release-process 2 23 Oct 2026, 19:25

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 13:2.605 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
2:58.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.148
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.523
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.508
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.346
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.597
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.042
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.752
And I enable persistence 18.517
And I log in to a new session 7.826
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.117
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.668
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.524
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:47.378
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 0.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.830
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.761
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.351
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.829
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.195
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.142
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.492
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.420
When I start Synaptic 11.935
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.098
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.491
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.293
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.231
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.779
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.246
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.893
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.733
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.136
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.271
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.913
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.651
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 8.423
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.289
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.541
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.412
And I enable persistence 10.939
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 8.267
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.181
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.122
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.362
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.397
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.789
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.857
And I enable persistence 11.652
# 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 7.622
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.381
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 15.997
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.317
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.337
And I enable persistence 11.015
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
And I log in to a new session 7.425
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.042
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.299
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010