Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6090 24 Jan 2026, 11:51

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 12:53.834 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
2:40.824
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 46.736
And I update APT using apt 4.913
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.321
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.224
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.263
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.124
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.348
And I enable persistence 16.034
And I log in to a new session 9.958
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.282
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.668
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.615
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.316
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.755
And I update APT using apt 4.892
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 2.251
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.448
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.141
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.522
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.665
When I start Synaptic 12.897
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.664
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.569
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.216
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.062
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.483
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.612
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.170
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 8.583
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.744
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.801
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.142
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.559
And I enable persistence 6.362
# 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 0.035
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.733
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.679
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.076
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 11.587
And available upgrades have been checked 1.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.017
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.463
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.601
And I enable persistence 5.587
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.541
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.333
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 23.486
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.150
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.632
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.846
And I enable persistence 7.042
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 9.504
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.374
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.184
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032