Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6051 11 Jan 2026, 11:48

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 16:30.541 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
3:3.522
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.185
And I update APT using apt 7.018
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.191
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.039
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.417
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.661
And I enable persistence 20.530
And I log in to a new session 13.633
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.757
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.025
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.686
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.068
And I update APT using apt 5.321
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.289
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.281
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.124
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.191
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.651
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.573
When I start Synaptic 13.547
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.813
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.634
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.749
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.753
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.938
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.850
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.101
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.529
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.154
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.247
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.831
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:27.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.839
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.901
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.612
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.728
And I enable persistence 7.289
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.218
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.547
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 42.324
And available upgrades have been checked 0.052
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.676
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:7.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.670
And I enable persistence 7.344
# 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 0.019
And I log in to a new session 11.559
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.674
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 22.859
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.156
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.666
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.768
And I enable persistence 7.500
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.981
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.740
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.950
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009