Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6196 12 Mar 2026, 11:21

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 13:48.826 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
2:53.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.068
And I update APT using apt 7.227
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.321
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.687
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.400
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.659
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.068
And I enable persistence 16.661
And I log in to a new session 11.752
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.179
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.694
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.749
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.522
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.263
And I update APT using apt 4.656
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 2.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.109
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.509
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
When I start Synaptic 12.327
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.507
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.079
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.563
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.405
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.487
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.889
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.502
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:19.890
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.091
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.788
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.925
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.665
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.289
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.591
And I enable persistence 7.088
# 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
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 10.977
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.138
And Tor is ready 41.566
And available upgrades have been checked 0.058
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.490
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.738
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.172
And I enable persistence 5.919
# 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 11.426
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.196
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.397
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.413
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.841
And I enable persistence 7.289
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.065
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 11.225
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.774
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.966
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021