Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6190 10 Mar 2026, 06:56

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 12:53.539 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
2:48.134
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.963
And I update APT using apt 5.960
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.981
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.136
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.149
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.961
And I enable persistence 18.135
And I log in to a new session 9.737
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.160
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.648
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.602
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.607
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 0.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.388
And I update APT using apt 5.093
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.277
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.169
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.480
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.160
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.512
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.567
When I start Synaptic 12.370
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.572
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.039
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.671
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.636
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.292
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.291
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.940
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.993
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 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.989
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.434
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.843
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.036
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.849
And I enable persistence 7.230
# 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
# 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 9.295
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.322
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.710
And available upgrades have been checked 1.147
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.520
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.063
And I enable persistence 6.643
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.244
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.235
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 17.201
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.376
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.392
And I enable persistence 6.800
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 9.523
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.800
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.604
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009