Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 6 27 Oct 2026, 17:13

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 13:15.984 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
3:1.310
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 44.119
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.909
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.519
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.050
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.839
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.623
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.042
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.404
And I enable persistence 19.084
And I log in to a new session 7.804
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.202
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.908
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.670
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:47.377
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 an administration password 1:6.121
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.553
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.391
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.448
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.176
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.463
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.507
When I start Synaptic 12.157
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.913
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.637
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.334
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.480
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.291
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.704
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.515
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.844
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.652
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 5.583
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.287
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.835
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.878
And I enable persistence 12.011
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 7.383
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.080
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.781
And available upgrades have been checked 0.037
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.838
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.918
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.278
And I enable persistence 11.739
# 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 7.457
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.161
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 15.025
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.099
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.300
And I enable persistence 12.723
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 9.111
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.628
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.120
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006