Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 11 24 Aug 2026, 13:09

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 12:37.054 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
2:37.162
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 46.936
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.149
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.226
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.106
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.660
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.105
And I enable persistence 20.415
And I log in to a new session 7.914
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.426
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.736
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.624
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.341
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.601
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.231
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.214
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.964
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.629
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.446
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
When I start Synaptic 11.862
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.208
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.489
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.327
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.547
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.147
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.327
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.686
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.540
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.715
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 1:20.008
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 5.585
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.098
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.195
And I enable persistence 11.095
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 9.038
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.656
And available upgrades have been checked 1.095
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.318
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.509
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.946
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.215
And I enable persistence 11.479
# 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 8.552
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.161
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 16.301
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.869
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.410
And I enable persistence 11.489
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 8.532
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.693
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.222
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005