Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6080 20 Jan 2026, 08:20

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 12:54.871 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
2:39.428
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 45.441
And I update APT using apt 4.911
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.265
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.881
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.223
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.031
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.983
And I enable persistence 16.350
And I log in to a new session 10.644
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.321
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.852
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.719
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.161
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 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.030
And I update APT using apt 5.547
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.272
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.155
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.486
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.570
When I start Synaptic 12.544
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.591
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.594
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.742
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.043
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.915
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.145
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.065
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 8.705
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.959
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.863
And I enable persistence 7.198
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.013
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.447
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.651
And available upgrades have been checked 2.233
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.513
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.611
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.269
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.237
And I enable persistence 7.164
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.582
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.316
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 22.584
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.180
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.710
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 36.628
And I enable persistence 6.642
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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.099
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.555
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.208
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009