Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6045 08 Jan 2026, 19:17

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 13:42.179 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
2:44.477
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 46.313
And I update APT using apt 5.255
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.987
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.034
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.089
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.239
And I enable persistence 15.953
And I log in to a new session 9.743
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.345
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.803
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.642
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.741
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.502
And I update APT using apt 4.632
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.272
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.765
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.058
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.183
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.548
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.531
When I start Synaptic 12.819
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.773
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.780
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.541
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.956
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.462
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.888
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.223
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.466
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:24.515
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 a computer 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.996
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 8.582
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.063
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.825
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.577
And I enable persistence 6.429
# 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 0.028
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 12.095
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.298
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.196
And available upgrades have been checked 1.094
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.069
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.893
And I enable persistence 7.125
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 10.371
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.365
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.916
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.156
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.680
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" with network unplugged 38.130
And I enable persistence 6.840
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
# 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 0.079
And I log in to a new session 11.392
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.664
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.064
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014