Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 1 01 Oct 2026, 17:35

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 13:11.407 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
3:2.116
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.602
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.062
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.486
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.595
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.203
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.629
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.030
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.663
And I enable persistence 20.763
And I log in to a new session 7.595
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.144
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.621
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.603
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.562
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.032
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.693
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.466
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.217
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.186
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.336
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.139
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.323
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
When I start Synaptic 11.821
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.355
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.246
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.386
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.499
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.370
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.147
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.044
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.832
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.542
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.152
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.341
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.974
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.951
And I enable persistence 11.255
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 7.302
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.150
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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.230
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 2.060
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.470
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.261
And I enable persistence 11.754
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 8.875
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 15.728
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.626
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.803
And I enable persistence 12.134
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 8.916
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.651
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.937
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022