Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 5 23 Aug 2026, 13:08

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 12:32.725 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
2:39.068
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 43.492
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.313
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.214
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.659
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.700
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.630
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.652
And I enable persistence 23.699
And I log in to a new session 8.153
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.139
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.577
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.461
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 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.074
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.910
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.199
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.439
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.649
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.320
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.592
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
When I start Synaptic 12.197
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.330
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.581
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.545
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.739
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.408
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.741
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.276
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.470
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.594
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.153
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.040
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.955
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.710
And I enable persistence 11.669
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 8.173
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.179
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.641
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.851
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.700
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.490
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.476
And I enable persistence 14.392
# 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 8.995
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.164
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 15.198
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.039
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.285
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.198
And I enable persistence 11.191
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 8.651
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.775
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.264
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071