Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6040 06 Jan 2026, 12:11

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 15:11.826 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
3:23.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.516
And I update APT using apt 6.813
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.714
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.849
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.536
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.521
And I enable persistence 30.217
And I log in to a new session 17.219
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.346
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.081
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.823
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:38.565
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 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.283
And I update APT using apt 5.475
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.271
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.270
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:27.096
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 0.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.176
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.392
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.684
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.805
When I start Synaptic 15.433
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.011
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.637
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.834
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.844
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.253
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.906
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.906
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.701
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.092
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.316
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.315
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.927
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:27.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:31.988
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.702
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.358
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.981
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.001
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.790
And I enable persistence 7.796
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 14.030
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.560
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 14.409
And available upgrades have been checked 0.075
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.730
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.909
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.753
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.330
And I enable persistence 7.817
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 12.974
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.346
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 23.981
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.217
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.608
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 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.555
And I enable persistence 9.000
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.064
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 12.731
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.466
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.053
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009