Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_disclose-security-issues-post-release 2 27 May 2026, 18:38

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 13:2.855 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
2:45.686
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.419
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.809
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.355
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.922
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.072
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.758
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.201
And I enable persistence 16.117
And I log in to a new session 9.877
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.431
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.674
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.682
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.481
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.159
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.756
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.265
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.169
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.441
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.425
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.604
When I start Synaptic 12.834
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.463
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.655
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.434
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.294
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.296
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.976
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.451
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.169
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.232
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.880
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.218
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.829
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.392
And I enable persistence 5.719
# 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 0.008
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 12.544
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.305
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
# 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 0.081
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.792
And available upgrades have been checked 1.129
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.017
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.755
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.155
And I enable persistence 7.136
# 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 11.604
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 18.105
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.011
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.308
And I enable persistence 6.555
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 10.494
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.627
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.467
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006