Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6052 12 Jan 2026, 11:24

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 12:14.374 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
2:33.520
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 46.638
And I update APT using apt 4.653
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.231
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.876
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.940
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.987
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.551
And I enable persistence 15.484
And I log in to a new session 9.348
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.299
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.657
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.534
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.856
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.272
And I update APT using apt 3.972
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 2.169
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.971
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.176
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.214
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.449
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
When I start Synaptic 12.082
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.404
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.671
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.518
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.394
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.573
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.190
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.103
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.817
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.294
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.718
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 8.286
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.672
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.811
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.757
And I enable persistence 5.256
# 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
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 9.279
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.410
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 11.629
And available upgrades have been checked 1.076
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.529
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.479
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.138
And I enable persistence 5.452
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 9.344
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.316
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 21.709
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.143
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.730
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.660
And I enable persistence 5.463
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 9.616
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.481
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.018
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024