Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6036 05 Jan 2026, 17:19

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 13:20.650 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
2:38.814
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 46.444
And I update APT using apt 4.777
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.328
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.554
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.155
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.223
And I enable persistence 14.019
And I log in to a new session 9.822
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.606
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.696
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.652
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.510
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.760
And I update APT using apt 5.153
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.243
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.156
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.479
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.573
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.143
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.458
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.624
When I start Synaptic 12.294
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.401
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.954
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.410
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.282
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.377
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.852
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.822
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.069
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.093
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.078
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.743
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.505
And I enable persistence 7.306
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 9.855
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.449
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.216
And available upgrades have been checked 2.192
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.695
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.130
And I enable persistence 6.935
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.352
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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.759
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.161
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.023
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.220
And I enable persistence 5.729
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.491
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.581
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.473
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060