Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6182 03 Mar 2026, 11:42

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 13:2.182 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
2:45.759
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 48.847
And I update APT using apt 5.934
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.416
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.230
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.989
And I enable persistence 16.588
And I log in to a new session 11.891
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.577
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.728
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.933
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.179
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.042
Given a computer 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.639
And I update APT using apt 4.939
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.249
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.846
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.440
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.552
When I start Synaptic 12.586
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.661
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.878
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.341
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.120
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.096
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.085
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.335
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.836
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.877
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.470
And I enable persistence 6.748
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.794
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.545
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.384
And available upgrades have been checked 1.091
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.479
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.633
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.041
And I enable persistence 5.838
# 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 0.016
And I log in to a new session 11.415
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.210
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.703
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.279
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.123
And I enable persistence 7.191
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.065
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 10.238
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.612
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.817
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023