Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6072 16 Jan 2026, 08:15

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 13:53.449 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
2:49.128
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.448
And I update APT using apt 5.635
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.562
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.126
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.301
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.652
And I enable persistence 16.180
And I log in to a new session 10.069
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.741
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.758
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.683
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.641
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.115
And I update APT using apt 4.907
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.273
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.199
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.829
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 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.890
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.167
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.553
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.567
When I start Synaptic 12.660
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.536
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.458
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.548
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.829
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.251
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.607
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.241
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.524
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.970
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.472
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:25.455
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 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.403
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.182
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.911
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.947
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.410
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.796
And I enable persistence 7.102
# 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
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.691
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.744
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.332
And available upgrades have been checked 3.337
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.537
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.568
And I enable persistence 6.906
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 11.799
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.677
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 23.779
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.214
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.522
And I enable persistence 6.970
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.094
And I log in to a new session 11.504
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.253
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.508
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021