Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 2 26 Oct 2026, 22:01

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 13:21.108 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
3:5.740
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 46.953
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.871
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.370
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.517
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.510
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.595
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.770
And I enable persistence 21.430
And I log in to a new session 8.471
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.127
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.618
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.517
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:50.760
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.133
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.795
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.483
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.179
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.413
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.430
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.133
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.469
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.359
When I start Synaptic 11.711
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.262
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.856
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.116
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.311
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.563
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.194
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.697
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.705
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.557
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.691
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.351
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.741
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.584
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.574
And I enable persistence 11.845
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 7.995
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.176
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.256
And available upgrades have been checked 0.056
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.168
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.258
And I enable persistence 12.127
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.668
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.200
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 16.087
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.570
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.445
And I enable persistence 11.769
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 8.679
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.595
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.901
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009