Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6030 01 Jan 2026, 11:54

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 14:44.460 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
3:9.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.171
And I update APT using apt 5.878
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.633
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.667
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.238
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.909
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.933
And I enable persistence 21.091
And I log in to a new session 12.864
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.273
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.095
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.748
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.266
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 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:26.806
And I update APT using apt 5.620
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.335
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.260
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.804
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.450
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.206
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.591
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.714
When I start Synaptic 13.822
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.772
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.550
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.566
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.283
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.657
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.736
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.076
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.871
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.942
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.304
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.682
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:22.652
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 0.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.579
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.967
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.308
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.730
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.020
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.909
And I enable persistence 7.587
# 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
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.121
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.431
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 12.855
And available upgrades have been checked 0.056
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.227
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.714
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.691
And I enable persistence 7.816
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.358
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.311
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 22.944
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.167
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:14.722
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 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.918
And I enable persistence 7.981
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 10.957
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.010
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.075
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010