Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 3 02 Oct 2026, 05:56

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 12:29.203 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
2:55.074
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
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 46.240
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.425
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.441
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.434
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.595
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.598
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.891
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.884
And I enable persistence 16.786
And I log in to a new session 7.366
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.129
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.625
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.557
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.382
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.316
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.463
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.383
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.112
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.485
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.231
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.135
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.505
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.374
When I start Synaptic 11.559
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.959
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.299
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.309
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.535
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.111
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.359
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.481
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.056
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.136
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.118
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.288
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:7.479
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.156
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 5.842
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.031
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.450
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.514
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.737
And I enable persistence 10.453
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 6.897
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.183
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
# 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 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.201
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.956
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.394
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.335
And I enable persistence 10.722
# 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 7.876
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.138
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.605
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.075
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.781
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.704
And I enable persistence 10.606
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.140
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.844
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.303
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005