Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6049 09 Jan 2026, 11:38

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 12:59.916 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
2:45.971
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.332
And I update APT using apt 6.017
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.418
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.770
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.982
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.510
And I enable persistence 17.124
And I log in to a new session 10.897
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.261
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.702
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.560
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.893
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.891
And I update APT using apt 5.320
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.415
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.129
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.933
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 1:40.285
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.263
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.474
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.659
When I start Synaptic 12.536
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.414
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.473
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.495
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.525
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.561
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.743
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.960
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.752
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.144
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.417
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.947
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.575
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.756
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.916
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.358
And I enable persistence 6.219
# 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 0.045
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.154
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.762
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.940
And available upgrades have been checked 2.195
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.561
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.725
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.747
And I enable persistence 6.370
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 12.003
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.415
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 22.434
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.203
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.171
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.986
And I enable persistence 6.980
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 10.200
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.201
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.190
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007