Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc 3 19 Sep 2026, 06:34

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 11:27.401 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
2:23.061
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.243
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.529
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.491
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.266
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.512
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.829
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.964
And I enable persistence 17.713
And I log in to a new session 6.928
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.599
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.589
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.504
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" and I login with an administration password 1:0.616
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.481
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.146
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.121
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.861
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 1:32.892
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.144
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.459
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.389
When I start Synaptic 11.725
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.104
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.376
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.414
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.462
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.126
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.362
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 3.158
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.581
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.352
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:4.748
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.119
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 4.893
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.169
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.537
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.913
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.469
And I enable persistence 11.034
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.951
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.168
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 11.350
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.325
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.548
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.909
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.734
And I enable persistence 11.202
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.962
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.160
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 14.778
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.225
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.313
And I enable persistence 10.691
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 6.677
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.037
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.164
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050