Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5975 28 Nov 2025, 21:49

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 79 0 0 0 0 79 5 0 5 17:53.910 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
3:41.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.942
And I update APT using apt 6.066
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.385
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.096
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.285
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.790
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.254
And I enable persistence 21.630
And I log in to a new session 12.807
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.301
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.986
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.781
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.094
And I update APT using apt 5.458
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.341
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.310
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.147
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.211
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.686
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I start Synaptic 14.402
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.964
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.369
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.658
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.806
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.218
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.687
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.732
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.200
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.111
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.259
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.674
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:43.807
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.260
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.169
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.015
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.932
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.527
And I enable persistence 9.315
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 12.345
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.413
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.071
And the network is plugged 2.158
And Tor is ready 13.231
And available upgrades have been checked 0.070
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.003
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 4.980
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.926
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.453
And I enable persistence 8.624
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 14.319
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.838
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.177
And Tor is ready 24.012
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:39.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.265
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.408
And I enable persistence 8.021
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 13.940
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.895
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.235
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010