Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 10 24 Aug 2026, 12:04

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 12:11.761 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
2:33.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 45.718
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.745
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.200
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.053
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.248
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.505
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.815
And I enable persistence 19.489
And I log in to a new session 7.277
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.418
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.583
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.516
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.256
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.642
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.122
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.188
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.054
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.939
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.121
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.324
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
When I start Synaptic 12.103
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.227
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.722
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.368
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.564
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.094
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.156
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.287
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:23.672
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.316
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 5.666
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.863
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.969
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.690
And I enable persistence 10.691
# 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 0.035
And I log in to a new session 7.554
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.408
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
# 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 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.419
And available upgrades have been checked 1.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.809
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.057
And I enable persistence 10.628
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.641
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.157
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 14.169
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.215
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.784
And I enable persistence 11.396
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 6.888
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.892
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.875
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005