Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 8 20 Aug 2026, 23:50

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 12:18.970 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
2:31.930
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 47.214
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.742
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.186
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.159
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.082
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.549
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.730
And I enable persistence 19.659
And I log in to a new session 7.304
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.171
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.425
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.527
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.373
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.820
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.986
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.216
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.181
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.043
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.446
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.156
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.324
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.417
When I start Synaptic 11.938
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.915
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.632
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.396
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.573
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.153
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.115
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.596
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.680
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.235
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 5.131
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.963
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.702
And I enable persistence 11.944
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.086
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.177
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.550
And available upgrades have been checked 1.086
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.310
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.632
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.453
And I enable persistence 11.392
# 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 7.842
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.147
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 15.064
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.942
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.228
And I enable persistence 11.863
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 6.866
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.559
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.027
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005