Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_security-issues 1 24 Aug 2026, 13:11

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 12:31.889 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
2:39.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 46.685
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.589
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.206
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.872
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.688
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.660
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.974
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.356
And I enable persistence 20.103
And I log in to a new session 7.971
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.106
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.428
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.534
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.574
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 1:6.463
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.676
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.138
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.166
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.832
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.591
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.213
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.644
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.626
When I start Synaptic 11.974
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.976
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.570
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.623
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.436
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.299
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.836
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.260
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.422
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.772
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.631
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.178
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.309
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.439
And I enable persistence 11.931
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 8.127
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.621
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 0.806
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.144
And I enable persistence 11.412
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 7.938
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.087
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 15.203
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.469
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.912
And I enable persistence 12.731
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 7.749
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.634
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.265
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005