Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 5 27 Oct 2026, 15:44

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 12:30.220 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
2:53.883
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.038
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.228
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.493
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.721
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.154
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.624
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.590
And I enable persistence 17.847
And I log in to a new session 7.401
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.342
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.758
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.564
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.037
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.880
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.445
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.683
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.835
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.122
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.458
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.402
When I start Synaptic 11.180
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.026
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.149
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.341
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.484
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.590
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.149
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.740
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.143
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.457
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:5.451
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 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.102
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 5.311
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.951
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.306
And I enable persistence 10.434
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 6.345
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.027
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.345
And available upgrades have been checked 0.044
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.854
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.605
And I enable persistence 10.424
# 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 0.004
And I log in to a new session 7.717
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.140
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 13.713
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.505
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.164
And I enable persistence 10.770
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 6.663
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.519
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.228
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014