Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 3 21 Aug 2026, 21:48

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 11:55.281 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
2:26.856
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 41.956
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.632
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.203
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.093
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.874
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.514
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.991
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.410
And I enable persistence 19.536
And I log in to a new session 7.131
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.691
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.565
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.480
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.006
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.151
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.819
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.375
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.115
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.603
When I start Synaptic 11.457
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.099
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.414
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.480
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.514
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.324
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.115
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.167
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.780
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.143
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.252
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 5.380
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.193
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.527
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.315
And I enable persistence 11.516
# 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
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 7.459
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.176
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 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.545
And available upgrades have been checked 0.038
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.293
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.375
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.724
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.009
And I enable persistence 11.937
# 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 7.566
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.175
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 16.053
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.499
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 33.233
And I enable persistence 10.723
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 7.912
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.590
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.675
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030