Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 4 29 May 2026, 15:18

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 12:53.430 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
2:40.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.571
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.225
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.400
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.557
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.251
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.911
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.307
And I enable persistence 14.397
And I log in to a new session 11.057
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.167
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.721
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.762
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.904
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.711
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.661
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.235
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.012
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.348
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.426
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
When I start Synaptic 12.559
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.356
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.486
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.431
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.523
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.681
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.249
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.582
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.867
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.428
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.769
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.533
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.715
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.662
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.804
And I enable persistence 6.727
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 10.511
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.197
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.801
And available upgrades have been checked 1.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.514
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.128
And I enable persistence 5.396
# 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 9.984
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.476
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.666
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.429
And I enable persistence 6.519
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.890
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.666
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.005
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016