Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 11 23 Aug 2026, 17:56

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 11:39.852 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
2:30.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 42.682
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.215
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.198
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.201
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.592
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.965
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.669
And I enable persistence 18.463
And I log in to a new session 7.340
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.619
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.655
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:14.466
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 a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.784
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.238
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.131
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.145
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.867
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 0.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:25.923
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.114
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.283
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.411
When I start Synaptic 11.660
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.078
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.264
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.295
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.500
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.594
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.566
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.481
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.530
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.619
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.136
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.489
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.389
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.972
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 5.063
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.088
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.591
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
# 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 7.272
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.379
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.544
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.311
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.793
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.797
And I enable persistence 11.757
# 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 7.657
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.148
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 13.560
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.119
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 33.838
And I enable persistence 11.383
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 7.461
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.620
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.653
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015