Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 4 21 Aug 2026, 22:02

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 11:55.816 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
2:26.894
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 42.089
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.448
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.143
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.695
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.446
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.909
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.543
And I enable persistence 19.143
And I log in to a new session 6.876
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.135
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.647
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.541
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.611
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.309
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.848
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.157
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.168
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.463
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.076
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.126
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.475
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.424
When I start Synaptic 11.593
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.394
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.917
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.295
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.536
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.142
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.583
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.652
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.140
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.231
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.550
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.577
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.270
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.440
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.488
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.339
And I enable persistence 11.280
# 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
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.210
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.197
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.612
And available upgrades have been checked 0.063
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.943
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.434
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.811
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.462
And I enable persistence 11.666
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 6.989
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.172
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 15.169
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.069
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.701
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.088
And I enable persistence 11.606
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.899
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.438
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.497
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005