Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6093 26 Jan 2026, 20:09

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 12:29.337 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
2:48.394
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 49.498
And I update APT using apt 5.377
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.222
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.358
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.169
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.974
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.872
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.661
And I enable persistence 15.055
And I log in to a new session 9.145
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.689
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.632
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.572
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.336
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.467
And I update APT using apt 4.385
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.217
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.157
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.630
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 1:33.694
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.503
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.461
When I start Synaptic 12.093
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.435
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.520
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.404
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.552
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.406
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.658
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.919
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.762
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.436
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.294
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.376
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.566
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.667
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.654
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.812
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.881
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 0.009
# 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 9.599
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.332
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.545
And available upgrades have been checked 2.161
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.462
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.910
And I enable persistence 6.263
# 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 9.523
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 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 21.992
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.129
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.681
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 35.461
And I enable persistence 5.503
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
# 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 8.784
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.285
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.112
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006