Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6033 03 Jan 2026, 11:11

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 12:15.046 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
2:33.754
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 45.791
And I update APT using apt 5.150
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.471
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.724
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.964
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.929
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.237
And I enable persistence 13.281
And I log in to a new session 10.134
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.231
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.762
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.569
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.207
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 an administration password 1:6.307
And I update APT using apt 4.348
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.185
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.360
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.048
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.450
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
When I start Synaptic 12.358
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.243
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.175
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.431
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.552
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.483
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.941
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.777
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.385
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.610
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 a computer 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.427
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.217
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.680
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.834
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.836
And I enable persistence 5.476
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 8.467
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.351
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.528
And available upgrades have been checked 2.143
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.446
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.469
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.853
And I enable persistence 6.191
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.859
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.620
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.536
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.153
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.112
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.568
And I enable persistence 5.258
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.081
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.545
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.163
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006