Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 3 06 Aug 2026, 09:06

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 11:38.011 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
2:25.224
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 42.067
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.418
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.293
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.003
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.957
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.469
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.757
And I enable persistence 19.842
And I log in to a new session 6.966
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.145
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.494
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.529
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.363
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.749
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.229
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.138
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.122
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.204
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.390
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.128
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.395
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.473
When I start Synaptic 11.877
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.056
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.104
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.309
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.516
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.502
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.535
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.124
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.973
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.602
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.306
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.827
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.460
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 5.451
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.074
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.470
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.971
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.927
And I enable persistence 12.257
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 6.813
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.365
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.362
And available upgrades have been checked 1.082
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.809
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.446
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.024
And I enable persistence 12.606
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.089
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.156
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.717
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.392
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.640
And I enable persistence 12.606
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 6.696
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.701
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.581
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005