Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6091 25 Jan 2026, 11:13

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 12:49.867 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
2:33.549
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 44.974
And I update APT using apt 4.857
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.228
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.384
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.753
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.989
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.370
And I enable persistence 13.650
And I log in to a new session 8.766
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.322
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.624
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.555
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.900
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.964
And I update APT using apt 4.426
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.248
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.156
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.907
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.380
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.692
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.504
When I start Synaptic 12.414
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.325
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.107
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.550
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.410
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.566
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.257
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.923
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.707
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.509
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.493
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.953
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.374
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.613
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.605
And I enable persistence 5.550
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.678
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 0.051
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.504
And available upgrades have been checked 1.099
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.500
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.505
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.952
And I enable persistence 5.312
# 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 9.069
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.371
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.150
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.193
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.015
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.787
And I enable persistence 5.454
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 8.880
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.173
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.202
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006