Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 1 20 Aug 2026, 15:05

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 12:25.048 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
2:35.642
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.774
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.770
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.016
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.672
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.032
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.065
And I enable persistence 19.511
And I log in to a new session 8.471
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.128
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.711
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.651
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.838
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.235
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.042
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.193
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.254
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.525
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.023
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.131
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.497
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
When I start Synaptic 11.955
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.253
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.508
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.532
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.580
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.144
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.395
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.793
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.297
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.494
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.956
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 5.464
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.902
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.533
And I enable persistence 12.063
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 7.880
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.261
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.638
And available upgrades have been checked 0.038
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.943
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.486
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.032
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.039
And I enable persistence 13.293
# 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 8.639
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 15.779
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.547
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 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.890
And I enable persistence 11.852
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 8.477
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.929
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.938
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006