Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6055 13 Jan 2026, 11:42

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 12:18.067 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
2:31.122
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 46.642
And I update APT using apt 4.967
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.767
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.527
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.959
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.307
And I enable persistence 13.392
And I log in to a new session 9.385
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.318
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.601
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.765
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.327
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.587
And I update APT using apt 4.246
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.217
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.170
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.461
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.817
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.162
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.690
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
When I start Synaptic 12.122
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.450
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.258
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.144
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.191
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.932
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.715
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.408
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.153
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 8.445
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.697
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.899
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.397
And I enable persistence 5.356
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.690
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.342
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.664
And available upgrades have been checked 1.112
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.484
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.657
And I enable persistence 5.418
# 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 9.663
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.335
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.739
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.132
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.322
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.631
And I enable persistence 5.471
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
# 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 9.258
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.392
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.118
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006