Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 1 20 Aug 2026, 10:56

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 12:14.803 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
2:37.361
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 46.929
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.359
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.223
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.880
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.927
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.604
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.031
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.546
And I enable persistence 19.730
And I log in to a new session 8.308
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.422
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.727
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.578
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.299
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 0.618
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.490
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.719
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.160
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.233
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.297
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 1.002
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.907
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.156
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.279
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.527
When I start Synaptic 11.785
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.095
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.131
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.521
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.201
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.766
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.890
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.251
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.559
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.312
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.340
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.405
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.948
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.183
And I enable persistence 12.959
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 7.216
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.178
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.709
And available upgrades have been checked 0.065
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.985
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.079
And I enable persistence 12.344
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.969
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 15.810
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.490
And I enable persistence 12.266
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 8.888
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.828
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.838
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046