Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6035 05 Jan 2026, 12:24

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 14:38.673 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
3:11.261
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.031
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.814
And I update APT using apt 6.525
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.320
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.141
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.215
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.716
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.880
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.780
And I enable persistence 20.183
And I log in to a new session 12.469
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.343
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.904
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.741
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.310
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 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.878
And I update APT using apt 5.522
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.294
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.343
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:18.205
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.320
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.263
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.610
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.675
When I start Synaptic 13.449
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.781
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.385
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.655
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.601
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.735
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.615
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.666
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.928
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.614
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.381
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 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:29.337
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 8.954
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.951
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.123
And I enable persistence 7.465
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 12.368
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 0.057
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 12.843
And available upgrades have been checked 1.132
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.715
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.991
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.433
And I enable persistence 8.589
# 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 13.130
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.328
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 23.505
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.220
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:14.513
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 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.441
And I enable persistence 8.714
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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 12.843
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.941
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.859
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009