Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5976 29 Nov 2025, 13:32

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 20:18.131 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
4:3.170
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:22.113
And I update APT using apt 7.296
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.401
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.198
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 30.219
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.946
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.298
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.424
And I enable persistence 9.482
And I log in to a new session 13.484
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.374
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.885
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.752
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.733
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.381
And I update APT using apt 6.370
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.337
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.392
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:55.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:22.099
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.982
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.808
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.747
When I start Synaptic 16.189
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.068
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.914
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.666
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.981
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.262
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.643
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.757
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.774
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.344
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.190
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.288
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.587
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:32.382
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.259
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.503
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.936
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.909
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.394
And I enable persistence 10.032
# 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 0.030
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 12.258
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.320
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.073
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 14.563
And available upgrades have been checked 0.058
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.579
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.958
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:6.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.453
And I enable persistence 8.229
# 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
And I log in to a new session 15.446
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.372
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 25.205
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.188
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:41.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.682
And I enable persistence 8.735
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
# 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 0.138
And I log in to a new session 13.284
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.085
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.789
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021