Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6043 08 Jan 2026, 11:32

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 12:33.065 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
2:34.568
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 44.321
And I update APT using apt 4.601
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.216
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.345
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.314
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.102
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.243
And I enable persistence 14.045
And I log in to a new session 9.306
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.330
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.664
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 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.586
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.902
And I update APT using apt 4.183
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.232
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.480
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.390
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.139
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.728
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.491
When I start Synaptic 12.174
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.061
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.078
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.634
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.198
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.934
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.767
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:29.038
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.583
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 9.077
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.701
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.796
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.757
And I enable persistence 5.463
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.115
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.281
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 12.521
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.435
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.274
And I enable persistence 5.479
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.232
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.325
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 21.978
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.102
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.390
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.964
And I enable persistence 5.411
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.273
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.008
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.176
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006