Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6041 07 Jan 2026, 07:37

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 12:55.388 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
2:32.475
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.628
And I update APT using apt 5.368
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.198
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.631
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.770
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.929
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.574
And I enable persistence 13.299
And I log in to a new session 10.329
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.250
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.674
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.573
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.403
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.880
And I update APT using apt 5.007
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.245
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.441
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.614
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.452
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.495
When I start Synaptic 12.225
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.421
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.322
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.630
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.604
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.227
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.955
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.737
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:7.696
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.208
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 8.665
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.612
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.607
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.499
And I enable persistence 6.430
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.747
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.268
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 41.764
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.423
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.576
And I enable persistence 5.448
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.405
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.349
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.434
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.140
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.372
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.048
And I enable persistence 5.639
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.096
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.423
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.470
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.201
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006