Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6083 22 Jan 2026, 08:12

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 13:9.006 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
2:53.892
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.607
And I update APT using apt 6.353
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.348
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.624
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.216
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.147
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.546
And I enable persistence 16.987
And I log in to a new session 10.615
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.308
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.729
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.670
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.207
And I update APT using apt 4.962
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.142
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.354
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.172
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.190
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.455
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
When I start Synaptic 12.410
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.384
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.536
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.224
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.579
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.994
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.229
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.423
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.530
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.455
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.660
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.464
And I enable persistence 6.608
# 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
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.920
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.360
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.973
And available upgrades have been checked 2.214
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.978
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.406
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.941
And I enable persistence 6.894
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.392
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.755
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.143
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.126
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.365
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" with network unplugged 37.086
And I enable persistence 5.497
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 11.082
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.855
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.212
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006