Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6047 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 13:8.873 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
2:49.266
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 47.505
And I update APT using apt 6.163
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.965
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.828
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.121
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.503
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.244
And I enable persistence 18.169
And I log in to a new session 10.569
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.300
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.716
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.711
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.615
And I update APT using apt 4.622
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.311
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.237
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.165
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.284
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.195
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.411
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
When I start Synaptic 12.341
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.677
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.023
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.968
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.257
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.285
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.047
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.193
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.191
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.517
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.005
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.721
And I enable persistence 6.728
# 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
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 9.946
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.382
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.905
And available upgrades have been checked 0.094
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.549
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.671
And I enable persistence 6.842
# 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 0.016
And I log in to a new session 10.660
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.369
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.212
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.051
And I enable persistence 6.345
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.580
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.092
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.346
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013