Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6069 15 Jan 2026, 15:46

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 12:47.462 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
3:4.743
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:14.552
And I update APT using apt 4.787
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.239
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.956
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.848
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.109
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.678
And I enable persistence 15.065
And I log in to a new session 9.462
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.547
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.631
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.566
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.107
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.081
And I update APT using apt 4.544
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.135
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.777
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.390
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
When I start Synaptic 12.485
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.164
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.231
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.580
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.192
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.893
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.773
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.484
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.007
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.420
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.198
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.687
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.865
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.952
And I enable persistence 5.339
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.280
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.609
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.826
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.618
And I enable persistence 5.773
# 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 9.485
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.259
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 21.787
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.142
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.482
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 34.605
And I enable persistence 6.478
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 8.968
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.870
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.080
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008