Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 1 26 Oct 2026, 20:52

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 13:30.713 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
3:3.397
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 44.638
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.256
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.599
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.088
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.951
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.663
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.805
And I enable persistence 18.873
And I log in to a new session 7.441
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.347
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.680
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.481
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.154
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.625
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.380
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 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.357
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 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.660
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.179
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.608
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
When I start Synaptic 11.963
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.173
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.880
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.520
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.323
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.704
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.340
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.819
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.331
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.027
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.912
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 5.184
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.104
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.745
And I enable persistence 11.643
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 8.216
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.078
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.893
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.842
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.449
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.106
And I enable persistence 12.210
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 8.087
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.210
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 15.940
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.031
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.450
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given a computer 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.538
And I enable persistence 11.678
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 8.604
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.671
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.733
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029