Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6046 08 Jan 2026, 19:21

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 13:25.802 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
2:49.108
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 49.291
And I update APT using apt 4.655
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.874
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.064
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.281
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.715
And I enable persistence 18.130
And I log in to a new session 10.586
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.347
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.743
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.652
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.139
And I update APT using apt 4.802
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.389
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.574
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.224
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.510
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.876
When I start Synaptic 12.668
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.514
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.473
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.278
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.508
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.879
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.508
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.125
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.941
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.419
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.285
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.393
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.950
And I enable persistence 7.341
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 10.485
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.353
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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.138
And available upgrades have been checked 1.186
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.577
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.601
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.348
And I enable persistence 7.218
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.323
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.411
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.081
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 24.402
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.541
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.032
And I enable persistence 6.854
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 0.108
And I log in to a new session 10.720
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.272
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.877
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008