Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc 1 17 Sep 2026, 19:12

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 12:21.852 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
2:53.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.867
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.663
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.581
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.864
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.624
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.981
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.108
And I enable persistence 21.675
And I log in to a new session 9.135
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.173
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.542
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.492
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.139
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.081
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.615
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.141
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.916
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.368
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.439
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
When I start Synaptic 11.517
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.932
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.857
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.520
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.391
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.541
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.063
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.301
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.623
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.300
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.418
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.904
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.406
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.008
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.982
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.006
And I enable persistence 10.827
# 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 0.052
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 10.147
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 22.745
And available upgrades have been checked 0.036
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.319
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.611
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.734
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.609
And I enable persistence 10.456
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 8.805
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.160
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 13.963
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.305
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.853
And I enable persistence 10.651
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 7.309
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.632
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.669
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005