Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6054 13 Jan 2026, 08:34

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 16:52.789 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
3:19.214
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 51.668
And I update APT using apt 6.391
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.834
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.861
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.520
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.249
And I enable persistence 27.045
And I log in to a new session 14.973
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.330
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.301
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.789
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.288
And I update APT using apt 5.277
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.288
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.239
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:22.989
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.200
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.232
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.701
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.739
When I start Synaptic 14.309
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.112
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.456
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.602
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.780
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.339
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.028
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.851
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.355
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.908
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.566
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.298
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.679
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:14.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:31.347
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.325
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.647
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.812
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.832
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.320
And I enable persistence 7.626
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 15.231
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.378
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 3.658
And Tor is ready 13.190
And available upgrades have been checked 0.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.507
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:3.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.437
And I enable persistence 8.805
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 12.707
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.909
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.079
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 24.975
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.147
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:18.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.393
And I enable persistence 9.091
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 12.138
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.321
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.473
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008