Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6183 04 Mar 2026, 08:24

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 15:23.669 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
3:20.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.221
And I update APT using apt 10.989
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.701
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.169
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.263
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.235
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.105
And I enable persistence 21.060
And I log in to a new session 10.951
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.213
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.896
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.721
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.381
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:25.219
And I update APT using apt 5.199
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.321
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.385
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:22.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.245
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.714
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.687
When I start Synaptic 13.598
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.324
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.455
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.585
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.643
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.794
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.842
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.944
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.586
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:38.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.608
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.018
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.336
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.529
And I enable persistence 7.575
# 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 0.025
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.285
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 13.275
And available upgrades have been checked 1.135
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.899
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.974
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.720
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.199
And I enable persistence 12.736
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 12.734
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.693
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 19.474
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:20.966
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.024
And I enable persistence 12.238
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.066
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 12.349
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.200
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.369
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008