Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6050 10 Jan 2026, 11:39

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 13:24.136 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
2:46.555
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 48.047
And I update APT using apt 5.269
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.411
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.638
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.008
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.912
And I enable persistence 17.500
And I log in to a new session 10.483
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.242
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.672
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.666
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.303
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.147
And I update APT using apt 4.568
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.264
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.202
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.484
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.172
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
When I start Synaptic 12.156
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.474
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.086
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.584
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.739
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.254
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.369
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.784
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:13.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.291
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.314
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.871
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.701
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.999
And I enable persistence 5.617
# 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 0.012
# 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 10.542
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.277
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.008
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.498
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.529
And I enable persistence 5.397
# 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 10.999
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.330
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.085
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 22.197
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.439
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.807
And I enable persistence 6.596
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.042
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.365
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.078
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048