Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6053 12 Jan 2026, 16:40

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 13:13.615 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
3:2.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:7.765
And I update APT using apt 4.671
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.333
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.499
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.852
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.396
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.511
And I enable persistence 14.136
And I log in to a new session 10.898
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.261
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.718
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.674
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.546
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.416
And I update APT using apt 4.607
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
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 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.556
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.245
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.530
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.619
When I start Synaptic 12.361
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.762
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.010
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.313
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.579
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.296
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.045
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.524
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.872
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.555
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 8.955
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.678
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.999
And I enable persistence 6.763
# 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
# 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 10.411
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.616
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.814
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.004
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.495
And I enable persistence 7.420
# 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 10.213
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.273
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.039
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.970
And I enable persistence 5.845
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 9.630
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.361
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.916
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006