Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6100 29 Jan 2026, 12:08

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 12:41.143 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
2:44.815
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 49.235
And I update APT using apt 5.260
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.474
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.749
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.158
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.313
And I enable persistence 13.959
And I log in to a new session 9.766
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.246
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.680
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.583
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.376
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.388
And I update APT using apt 4.443
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.182
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.293
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.755
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.150
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.468
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
When I start Synaptic 12.292
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.354
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.504
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.585
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.560
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.288
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.838
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.418
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.057
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.480
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 8.254
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.754
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.015
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.735
And I enable persistence 5.307
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 9.382
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.329
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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.687
And available upgrades have been checked 2.138
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.001
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.581
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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 9.775
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.362
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.179
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.127
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.601
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.285
And I enable persistence 5.476
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
# 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 9.738
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.361
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.156
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006