Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc 2 18 Sep 2026, 06:24

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 11:59.600 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
2:32.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.655
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.178
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.186
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.072
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.238
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.434
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.915
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.107
And I enable persistence 19.279
And I log in to a new session 7.488
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.365
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.572
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.476
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.428
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.292
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.677
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.158
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.757
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.153
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.145
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.467
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
When I start Synaptic 11.242
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.167
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.733
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.306
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.569
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.167
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.260
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.687
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.346
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.970
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.343
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 5.394
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.915
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.474
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.532
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.326
And I enable persistence 10.656
# 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
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.653
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.157
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.615
And available upgrades have been checked 1.095
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.803
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.472
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.813
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.469
And I enable persistence 11.322
# 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 8.482
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.171
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 15.794
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.399
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.500
And I enable persistence 12.223
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.076
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.539
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.848
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005