Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6184 04 Mar 2026, 12:02

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 12:43.501 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
2:43.835
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 49.298
And I update APT using apt 5.127
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.351
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.967
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.078
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.560
And I enable persistence 16.729
And I log in to a new session 10.569
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.149
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.755
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.674
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.830
And I update APT using apt 4.655
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.316
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.150
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.981
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.455
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
When I start Synaptic 12.698
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.556
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.867
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.312
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.958
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.807
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.605
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.637
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 8.565
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.810
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.677
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.421
And I enable persistence 6.897
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 9.736
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.232
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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.967
And available upgrades have been checked 1.118
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.600
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.349
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.499
And I enable persistence 6.502
# 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 11.755
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.192
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.350
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.582
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.422
And I enable persistence 6.722
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.262
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.664
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.285
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007