Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 12 24 Aug 2026, 13:34

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 12:25.387 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
2:35.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.652
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.040
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.405
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.802
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.508
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.829
And I enable persistence 20.028
And I log in to a new session 7.403
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.740
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.532
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.276
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.129
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.685
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.167
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.156
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.566
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.869
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.480
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.423
When I start Synaptic 12.138
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.426
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.163
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.557
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.856
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.310
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.114
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.067
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.976
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.534
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 5.416
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.917
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.038
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.347
And I enable persistence 13.816
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.832
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.235
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 13.153
And available upgrades have been checked 0.045
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.437
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.720
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.587
And I enable persistence 13.456
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.871
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.198
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 14.272
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.784
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.731
And I enable persistence 12.864
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.367
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.608
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.030
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061