Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6192 10 Mar 2026, 14:41

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 13:8.636 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
2:52.265
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 51.060
And I update APT using apt 6.133
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.384
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.614
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.678
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.088
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.885
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.016
And I enable persistence 17.543
And I log in to a new session 11.147
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.719
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.687
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.640
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 a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.324
And I update APT using apt 4.567
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.397
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 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.269
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.454
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.608
When I start Synaptic 12.609
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.792
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.457
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.532
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.538
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.249
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.196
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.726
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 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.908
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 8.712
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.852
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.947
And I enable persistence 7.709
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.089
And I log in to a new session 9.963
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.244
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 13.194
And available upgrades have been checked 0.062
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.655
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.580
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.444
And I enable persistence 6.967
# 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 10.601
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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.597
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.338
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.330
And I enable persistence 7.729
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 11.599
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.783
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.628
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008