Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 6 10 Aug 2026, 09:09

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 12:25.929 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
2:33.769
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 44.473
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.480
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.134
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.456
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.641
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.620
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.486
And I enable persistence 23.890
And I log in to a new session 6.977
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.835
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.469
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:13.170
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.224
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.523
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.158
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.585
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.197
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.487
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.426
When I start Synaptic 11.819
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.026
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.567
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.496
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.477
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.120
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.284
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.531
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.147
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.314
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.138
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.288
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.765
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 1:17.319
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 5.776
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.171
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.554
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.102
And I enable persistence 12.848
# 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
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 7.870
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.169
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.163
And Tor is ready 12.231
And available upgrades have been checked 0.049
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.275
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.770
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.796
And I enable persistence 14.578
# 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 8.242
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.142
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 14.124
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.637
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.944
And I enable persistence 12.937
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 7.516
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.464
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.333
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005