Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6034 04 Jan 2026, 12:25

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 15:2.253 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
3:20.846
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.068
And I update APT using apt 12.544
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.707
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.253
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.496
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.268
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.926
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.422
And I enable persistence 21.210
And I log in to a new session 11.774
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.353
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.874
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.746
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.849
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 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.067
And I update APT using apt 4.995
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.286
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.257
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:34.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:10.828
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.193
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.678
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.652
When I start Synaptic 13.205
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.804
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.071
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.632
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.576
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.707
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.694
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.097
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.015
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.543
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:16.777
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:30.222
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.199
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.741
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.375
And I enable persistence 7.894
# 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 0.045
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 11.441
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.404
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 12.689
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 2.931
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.542
And I enable persistence 8.028
# 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 12.460
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.403
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 23.192
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.160
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.562
And I enable persistence 7.906
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 12.250
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.649
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.982
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009