Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory 1 17 Aug 2026, 12:28

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 12:42.543 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
2:42.255
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 48.970
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.052
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.153
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.552
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.707
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.729
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.373
And I enable persistence 20.632
And I log in to a new session 9.390
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.721
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.613
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.712
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.527
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.770
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.209
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.072
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.896
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.855
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.487
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.522
When I start Synaptic 12.027
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.281
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.042
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.465
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.105
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.334
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.204
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.807
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.319
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.823
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 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.093
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 5.309
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.129
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.781
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.081
And I enable persistence 12.057
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 9.170
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.235
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.263
And available upgrades have been checked 0.043
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.867
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.675
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.325
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.495
And I enable persistence 11.921
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.980
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 15.535
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.855
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.540
And I enable persistence 13.607
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 8.526
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.602
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.371
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028