Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6180 02 Mar 2026, 08:04

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 12:11.671 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
2:38.942
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 44.105
And I update APT using apt 5.907
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.638
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.055
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.972
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.953
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.872
And I enable persistence 14.803
And I log in to a new session 8.870
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.675
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.580
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.547
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.219
And I update APT using apt 4.796
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.180
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.207
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.738
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.027
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.221
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.431
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
When I start Synaptic 12.257
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.123
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.612
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.405
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.383
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.955
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.770
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.430
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.622
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.413
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 8.248
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.806
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.888
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.725
And I enable persistence 5.455
# 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
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.522
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.334
And available upgrades have been checked 0.035
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.534
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.981
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.535
And I enable persistence 6.498
# 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 10.239
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.177
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.390
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
54.821
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.060
And I enable persistence 6.464
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 8.512
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.623
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.950
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007