Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_security-issues 2 24 Aug 2026, 14:05

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 12:26.869 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
2:40.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
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 6.064
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.123
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.908
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.638
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.015
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.910
And I enable persistence 22.742
And I log in to a new session 8.778
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.712
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.723
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.873
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.287
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.963
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.202
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.197
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.298
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.284
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.366
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
When I start Synaptic 11.798
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.265
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.371
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.558
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.304
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.731
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.487
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.701
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.759
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.475
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.128
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.101
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 6.098
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.069
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.614
And I enable persistence 11.290
# 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
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 7.415
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.421
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.041
And Tor is ready 11.549
And available upgrades have been checked 2.118
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.469
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.381
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.139
And I enable persistence 10.997
# 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 8.772
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.211
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 15.051
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.450
And I enable persistence 11.518
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.852
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.658
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.842
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007