Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6179 01 Mar 2026, 11:09

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 12:10.140 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
2:33.672
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 45.704
And I update APT using apt 4.923
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.619
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.362
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.033
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.873
And I enable persistence 15.617
And I log in to a new session 9.876
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.126
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.609
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.544
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.659
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 1:6.992
And I update APT using apt 4.066
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.206
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.284
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.972
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.364
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.453
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
When I start Synaptic 12.015
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.346
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.408
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.688
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.546
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.215
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.891
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.826
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.439
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.583
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 1:13.978
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 8.346
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.734
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.836
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.494
And I enable persistence 5.509
# 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 0.018
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.322
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.467
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.732
And available upgrades have been checked 2.168
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.421
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.501
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.897
And I enable persistence 5.290
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 9.630
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.216
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.953
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.252
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.727
And I enable persistence 6.285
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.437
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.618
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.973
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005