Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5994 09 Dec 2025, 15:13

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 14:59.949 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
3:18.564
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.226
And I update APT using apt 5.778
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.319
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.368
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.042
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.435
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.762
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.485
And I enable persistence 21.431
And I log in to a new session 11.618
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.327
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.869
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.665
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.028
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 0.260
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.026
And I update APT using apt 5.137
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.251
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.801
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.423
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.614
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
When I start Synaptic 13.582
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.811
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.713
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.798
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.224
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.206
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.940
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.070
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.266
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.499
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:27.464
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 0.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:30.457
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.827
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.749
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.743
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.652
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.427
And I enable persistence 9.100
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 13.283
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 0.073
# 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 0.089
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 13.731
And available upgrades have been checked 1.120
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.539
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.807
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.835
And I enable persistence 9.472
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 14.284
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.383
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 24.834
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.174
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.399
And I enable persistence 7.513
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 12.974
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.137
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.259
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009