Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6037 05 Jan 2026, 18:13

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 12:37.986 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
2:36.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.044
And I update APT using apt 4.357
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.170
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.626
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.024
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.535
And I enable persistence 13.755
And I log in to a new session 9.528
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.665
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.639
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.655
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.987
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.997
And I update APT using apt 4.460
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.276
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.146
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.303
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 1:38.388
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.820
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
When I start Synaptic 12.222
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.140
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.719
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.440
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.559
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.289
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.851
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.419
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:40.312
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.027
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.655
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.803
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.791
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.245
And I enable persistence 5.798
# 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 0.029
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 10.353
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.396
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.882
And available upgrades have been checked 0.057
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.057
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.791
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.884
And I enable persistence 6.221
# 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 9.733
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.482
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.870
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.138
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.716
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.829
And I enable persistence 5.402
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.036
And I log in to a new session 9.482
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.304
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.210
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043