Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 5 09 Aug 2026, 09:16

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 12:32.214 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
2:43.954
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 54.233
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.050
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.198
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.036
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.151
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.589
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.934
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.201
And I enable persistence 21.066
And I log in to a new session 7.671
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.355
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.736
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.610
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.318
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" and I login with an administration password 1:8.586
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.288
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.140
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.156
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.649
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.899
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.137
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.448
When I start Synaptic 11.697
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.250
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.618
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.583
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.622
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.517
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.202
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.901
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.727
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.278
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.494
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.778
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 5.341
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.046
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.444
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.522
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.810
And I enable persistence 13.603
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.231
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.280
And available upgrades have been checked 1.124
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.794
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.969
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.820
And I enable persistence 14.030
# 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 7.884
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.132
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 15.528
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.027
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.796
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.055
And I enable persistence 13.040
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.471
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.601
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.440
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006