Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6193 10 Mar 2026, 14:46

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 13:17.356 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
2:45.954
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 47.203
And I update APT using apt 5.052
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.376
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.989
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.299
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.894
And I enable persistence 16.204
And I log in to a new session 10.312
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.420
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.606
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.673
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.127
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.585
And I update APT using apt 4.769
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.261
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.374
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.393
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.542
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.562
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.571
When I start Synaptic 12.774
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.718
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.301
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.585
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.656
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.343
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.453
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.947
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.458
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.126
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.563
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.336
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.985
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.081
And I enable persistence 7.053
# 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
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 12.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.271
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.343
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.539
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.963
And I enable persistence 6.289
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.965
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.213
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.334
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.754
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.798
And I enable persistence 6.991
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 10.324
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.747
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.596
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039