Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 6 20 Aug 2026, 16:31

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 12:32.540 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
2:38.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 47.587
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.997
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.223
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.206
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.298
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.685
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.672
And I enable persistence 19.633
And I log in to a new session 8.009
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.747
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.560
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.118
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.841
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.165
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.326
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.184
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 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.124
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.201
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.514
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.407
When I start Synaptic 12.019
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.198
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.689
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.614
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.690
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.294
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.157
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.511
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.717
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.146
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 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.087
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 8.760
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.544
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.208
And I enable persistence 12.315
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.814
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.800
And available upgrades have been checked 0.073
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.607
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.510
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.997
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.204
And I enable persistence 11.948
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 7.154
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.193
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 15.381
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.659
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.194
And I enable persistence 13.849
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.005
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.555
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.783
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035