Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 2 21 Aug 2026, 16:21

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 12:6.035 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
2:31.625
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.315
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.011
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.197
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.203
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.158
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.516
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.863
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.823
And I enable persistence 20.365
And I log in to a new session 7.715
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.133
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.517
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.618
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.001
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" and I login with an administration password 1:4.550
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.006
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.216
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.098
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.722
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 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.552
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.137
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.313
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.457
When I start Synaptic 12.024
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.197
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.121
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.431
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.753
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.138
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.588
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.163
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.094
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.718
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.583
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.282
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 a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.589
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 6.394
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.942
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.286
And I enable persistence 11.776
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 8.340
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.187
And available upgrades have been checked 0.031
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.774
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.964
And I enable persistence 12.117
# 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 9.129
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 15.913
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.034
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.403
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.379
And I enable persistence 10.721
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 7.882
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.485
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.760
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005