Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6181 02 Mar 2026, 11:34

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 12:24.266 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
2:46.022
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 48.624
And I update APT using apt 4.891
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.084
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.335
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.836
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.995
And I enable persistence 14.150
And I log in to a new session 9.337
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.563
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.639
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.543
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.691
And I update APT using apt 4.394
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 2.130
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.808
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.487
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.686
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.461
When I start Synaptic 12.068
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.344
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.283
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.408
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.537
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.181
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.890
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.796
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.436
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.471
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 8.383
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.587
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.326
And I enable persistence 6.631
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 8.602
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.214
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.622
And available upgrades have been checked 2.230
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.550
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.669
And I enable persistence 6.280
# 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 8.996
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.252
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.833
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.455
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" with network unplugged 35.493
And I enable persistence 6.334
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 8.941
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.632
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.868
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011