Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 4 08 Aug 2026, 09:14

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 11:40.999 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
2:25.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.012
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.392
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.510
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.412
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.554
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.817
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.405
And I enable persistence 19.737
And I log in to a new session 6.858
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.317
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.626
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.550
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.591
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.375
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.815
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 2.119
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.652
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.384
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.137
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.323
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.423
When I start Synaptic 11.491
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.004
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.180
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.305
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.474
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.126
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.557
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.382
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.129
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.920
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.802
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.141
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.286
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.642
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 1:13.966
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 4.988
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.902
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.492
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.539
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.733
And I enable persistence 12.601
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 7.321
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.385
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
# 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 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.412
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.787
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.430
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.519
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.271
And I enable persistence 12.919
# 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 7.249
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.141
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.490
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.039
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.678
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" with network unplugged 32.589
And I enable persistence 13.031
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 6.455
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.672
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.757
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005