Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 5 20 Aug 2026, 15:02

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 12:36.780 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
2:40.901
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 47.795
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.779
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.576
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.058
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.744
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.087
And I enable persistence 19.686
And I log in to a new session 7.569
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.130
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.433
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.622
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.866
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.666
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.688
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.143
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.224
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.322
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.689
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.293
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
When I start Synaptic 12.846
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.868
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.086
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.809
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.371
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.535
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.525
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.059
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.396
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.998
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.367
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.541
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.092
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.800
And I enable persistence 12.248
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 7.559
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.187
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.966
And available upgrades have been checked 0.036
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.849
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.736
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.456
And I enable persistence 13.300
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 8.346
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.429
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 15.216
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.691
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 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.548
And I enable persistence 13.937
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
And I log in to a new session 7.715
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.352
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.680
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010