Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 4 27 Oct 2026, 15:47

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 13:42.780 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
3:14.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 49.340
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.380
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.420
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.182
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.567
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.737
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.106
And I enable persistence 22.902
And I log in to a new session 8.685
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.456
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.746
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.769
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.958
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 an administration password 1:8.988
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.323
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.366
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.132
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.326
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.138
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.431
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 11.665
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.977
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.399
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.390
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.351
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.515
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.121
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.746
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.541
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.956
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 1:19.584
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.690
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.803
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.938
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.510
And I enable persistence 12.916
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 8.201
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.178
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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.058
And available upgrades have been checked 0.055
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.515
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.638
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.421
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.812
And I enable persistence 11.742
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 9.528
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.138
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 16.121
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.811
And I enable persistence 11.793
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.029
And I log in to a new session 9.529
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.912
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.493
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021