Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6074 17 Jan 2026, 08:00

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 13:7.877 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
2:44.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 46.148
And I update APT using apt 5.149
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.391
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.720
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.648
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.107
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.977
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.190
And I enable persistence 16.882
And I log in to a new session 9.809
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.296
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.641
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.637
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.400
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.506
And I update APT using apt 4.390
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 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.154
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.657
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.231
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.467
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.556
When I start Synaptic 12.606
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.446
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.908
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.610
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.567
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.656
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.254
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.347
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.930
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:52.277
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.647
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 8.605
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.655
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.892
And I enable persistence 6.410
# 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
# 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 10.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.361
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.338
And available upgrades have been checked 2.155
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.536
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.666
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.431
And I enable persistence 6.375
# 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 11.895
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.328
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.056
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.142
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.240
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.615
And I enable persistence 6.665
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.251
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.732
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.395
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047