Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 2 01 Oct 2026, 17:38

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 13:36.809 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
3:5.195
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.235
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.971
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.547
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.172
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.353
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.768
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.897
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.132
And I enable persistence 21.072
And I log in to a new session 8.700
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.496
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.559
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.289
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.680
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.827
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.516
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.094
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.215
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
When I start Synaptic 12.407
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.626
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.352
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.243
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.615
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.527
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.175
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.217
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.845
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.319
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.143
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.738
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 5.798
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.214
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.413
And I enable persistence 13.112
# 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 0.035
And I log in to a new session 7.343
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.015
And available upgrades have been checked 1.126
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.892
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.655
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.696
And I enable persistence 13.007
# 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 0.008
And I log in to a new session 9.521
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.380
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 15.496
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.242
And I enable persistence 13.285
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 10.690
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.551
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.652
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006