Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6032 02 Jan 2026, 13:18

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 12:46.338 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
2:34.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.763
And I update APT using apt 4.546
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.339
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.838
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.093
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.389
And I enable persistence 13.150
And I log in to a new session 9.035
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.279
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.648
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.731
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.654
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.966
And I update APT using apt 4.124
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.264
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.191
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.991
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.159
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.390
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
When I start Synaptic 12.174
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.296
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.127
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.402
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.233
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.924
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.805
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.537
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.878
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.439
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.636
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.878
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.737
And I enable persistence 5.365
# 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 0.010
# 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 9.282
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.352
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 40.844
And available upgrades have been checked 0.061
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.382
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.424
And I enable persistence 6.631
# 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 0.016
And I log in to a new session 9.620
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.259
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 21.769
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.128
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.512
And I enable persistence 5.484
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 8.865
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.272
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.050
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006