Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6048 08 Jan 2026, 20:47

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 16:41.591 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
3:26.078
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.618
And I update APT using apt 6.316
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.348
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.776
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.954
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.685
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.766
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.502
And I enable persistence 31.747
And I log in to a new session 16.682
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.294
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.132
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.018
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:25.876
And I update APT using apt 5.988
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.351
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.228
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:42.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.843
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.348
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.766
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.765
When I start Synaptic 15.359
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.289
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.217
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.900
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.144
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.288
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.527
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.145
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.893
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.393
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.157
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.317
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.503
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:14.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.101
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.022
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.914
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.623
And I enable persistence 7.642
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 14.990
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.369
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 16.100
And available upgrades have been checked 0.087
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.557
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.129
And I enable persistence 10.106
# 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 0.032
And I log in to a new session 13.727
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.498
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 44.186
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.176
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:35.675
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 a computer 0.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.188
And I enable persistence 20.456
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 16.945
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.319
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.817
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012