Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6060 14 Jan 2026, 12:56

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 14:45.583 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
3:15.094
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 55.540
And I update APT using apt 8.110
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.297
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.850
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.031
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.247
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.792
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.527
And I enable persistence 21.413
And I log in to a new session 12.935
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.346
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.890
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.869
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:20.844
And I update APT using apt 5.355
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.242
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:18.299
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.371
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.319
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.626
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.663
When I start Synaptic 13.573
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.951
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.802
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.599
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.775
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.613
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.846
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.790
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.709
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.926
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.555
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:19.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:29.129
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.334
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.516
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.647
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.263
And I enable persistence 8.196
# 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 0.026
# 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 12.003
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.332
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.100
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.164
And available upgrades have been checked 0.063
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.297
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.759
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.145
And I enable persistence 8.064
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 11.935
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.347
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 23.052
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.141
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.805
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.848
And I enable persistence 8.149
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.064
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.824
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.178
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.957
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010