Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6197 12 Mar 2026, 14:37

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 13:9.426 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
2:45.284
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 49.870
And I update APT using apt 4.916
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.158
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.353
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.306
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.591
And I enable persistence 17.128
And I log in to a new session 10.620
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.161
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.805
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.765
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.544
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.695
And I update APT using apt 4.953
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.349
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.391
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.978
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.632
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.533
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
When I start Synaptic 12.650
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.507
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.398
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.718
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.440
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.739
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.332
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.379
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.891
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.449
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.875
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.968
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.005
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.269
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.718
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.679
And I enable persistence 6.848
# 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
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 10.723
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.788
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.066
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.645
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.843
And I enable persistence 6.981
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 10.849
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.200
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.074
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.531
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.743
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.042
And I enable persistence 6.960
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 10.400
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.683
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.404
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042