Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db 3 11 Jun 2026, 02:03

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 13:0.761 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
2:41.963
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.290
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.290
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.410
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.915
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.695
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.871
And I enable persistence 15.587
And I log in to a new session 10.777
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.206
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.646
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.376
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.459
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.130
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.929
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.222
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.433
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
When I start Synaptic 12.610
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.476
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.365
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.743
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.656
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.338
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.497
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.900
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.419
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.399
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.010
Given a computer 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.662
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.568
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.081
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.927
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.170
And I enable persistence 6.766
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.859
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.596
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.388
And available upgrades have been checked 2.162
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.500
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.555
And I enable persistence 6.829
# 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 11.322
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.906
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.104
And I enable persistence 5.603
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 11.038
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.631
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.083
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009