Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6194 11 Mar 2026, 07:15

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 13:5.954 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
2:51.151
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 49.714
And I update APT using apt 7.263
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.372
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.362
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.773
And I enable persistence 17.628
And I log in to a new session 9.924
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.487
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.726
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.748
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.519
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.326
And I update APT using apt 4.653
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.268
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.145
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.674
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.621
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.421
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.464
When I start Synaptic 12.356
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.571
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.200
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.709
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.267
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.377
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.271
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.523
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.372
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 9.002
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.007
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.978
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.880
And I enable persistence 6.894
# 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 10.502
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.218
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 13.279
And available upgrades have been checked 1.125
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.000
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.773
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.267
And I enable persistence 6.534
# 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 11.819
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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.409
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.119
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.840
And I enable persistence 6.730
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.062
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 9.303
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.627
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.357
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008