Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6073 16 Jan 2026, 11:22

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 13:6.928 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
2:45.756
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.631
And I update APT using apt 4.719
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.237
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.842
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.666
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.135
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.441
And I enable persistence 16.811
And I log in to a new session 10.271
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.294
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.687
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.595
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.841
And I update APT using apt 4.719
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.257
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.189
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.169
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.979
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.534
When I start Synaptic 12.105
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.518
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.116
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.666
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.362
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.406
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.080
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.741
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.486
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.890
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.246
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.697
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.886
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.586
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.953
And I enable persistence 6.904
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 9.326
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.373
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.219
And available upgrades have been checked 1.127
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.581
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.971
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.013
And I enable persistence 5.526
# 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 9.883
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.415
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.411
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.156
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.855
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.963
And I enable persistence 6.863
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 9.733
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.201
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.480
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006