Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 1 20 Aug 2026, 13:57

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 12:29.834 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
2:38.369
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.486
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.199
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.394
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.972
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.642
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.945
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.585
And I enable persistence 19.319
And I log in to a new session 7.652
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.163
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.729
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.699
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.343
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.539
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.337
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.243
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.089
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.026
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.143
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.553
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.490
When I start Synaptic 12.007
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.222
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.333
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.667
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.297
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.558
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.163
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.097
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.743
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.392
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:29.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.514
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.862
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.991
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
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 34.717
And I enable persistence 11.396
# 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
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 7.102
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.223
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.477
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.336
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.882
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.974
And I enable persistence 11.118
# 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 8.794
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 14.562
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.913
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.738
And I enable persistence 11.188
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.999
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.412
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.035
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005