Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6057 13 Jan 2026, 13:42

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 13:7.731 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
2:52.467
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 46.983
And I update APT using apt 6.272
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.345
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.012
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.760
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.162
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.636
And I enable persistence 18.453
And I log in to a new session 12.335
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.301
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.823
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.884
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.675
And I update APT using apt 4.766
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.242
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.178
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.922
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.236
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.435
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.604
When I start Synaptic 12.187
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.443
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.925
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.316
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.794
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.960
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.483
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.386
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.609
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.159
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.694
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.767
And I enable persistence 6.929
# 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 0.018
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 9.381
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.412
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.074
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.750
And available upgrades have been checked 2.220
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.560
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.548
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.052
And I enable persistence 6.477
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 10.028
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.581
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.343
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.113
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.967
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.073
And I enable persistence 5.497
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 10.662
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.831
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.298
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006