Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6085 22 Jan 2026, 15:34

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 12:50.824 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
2:36.792
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.963
And I update APT using apt 5.027
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.227
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.310
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.879
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.103
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.174
And I enable persistence 14.970
And I log in to a new session 9.507
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.258
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.646
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.593
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.968
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.165
And I update APT using apt 4.327
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.228
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.143
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.459
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.314
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.451
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.600
When I start Synaptic 12.379
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.402
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.782
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.555
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.411
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
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 2.866
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.813
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.455
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.337
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.580
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.648
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.958
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.858
And I enable persistence 5.511
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.382
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.265
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.780
And available upgrades have been checked 0.035
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.174
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.502
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.436
And I enable persistence 5.460
# 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 9.379
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.334
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 42.085
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.147
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.469
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 a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.941
And I enable persistence 5.529
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.872
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.504
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.117
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006