Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5977 30 Nov 2025, 17:59

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 18:30.389 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
4:3.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.918
And I update APT using apt 6.893
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.676
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 36.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.338
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:12.167
And I enable persistence 22.203
And I log in to a new session 12.172
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.281
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.844
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.736
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:1.680
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.024
And I update APT using apt 5.702
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.380
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.321
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:19.987
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.597
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
When I start Synaptic 14.113
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.946
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.810
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.660
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.528
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.816
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.057
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.953
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.230
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.674
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:50.936
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.321
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.626
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.476
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.588
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.830
And I enable persistence 16.259
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 12.104
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.462
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 13.547
And available upgrades have been checked 0.064
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.400
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.007
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.727
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.756
And I enable persistence 8.559
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 13.994
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.350
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 23.169
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.148
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:44.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.236
And I enable persistence 9.267
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 15.071
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.890
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.437
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.130