Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6039 06 Jan 2026, 08:05

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 14:1.983 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
2:58.882
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.487
And I update APT using apt 8.470
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.066
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.657
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.522
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.736
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.768
And I enable persistence 19.634
And I log in to a new session 11.186
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.480
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.663
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.687
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.956
And I update APT using apt 5.960
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.262
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.275
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.684
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.198
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.600
When I start Synaptic 13.395
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.774
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.054
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.557
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.815
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.559
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.696
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.705
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.104
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.612
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:10.650
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.459
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.323
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.269
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.752
And I enable persistence 8.441
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 12.306
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.394
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.081
And available upgrades have been checked 2.335
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.999
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.727
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.904
And I enable persistence 6.779
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 13.079
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.432
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.100
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.989
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.122
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.952
And I enable persistence 6.838
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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 12.719
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.094
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.472
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011