Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6198 12 Mar 2026, 23:23

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 13:42.546 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
2:51.257
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.792
And I update APT using apt 5.133
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.233
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.633
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.357
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.795
And I enable persistence 17.538
And I log in to a new session 10.217
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.209
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.891
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.819
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.253
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.447
And I update APT using apt 4.230
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.211
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.060
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.387
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.439
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.594
When I start Synaptic 12.769
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.872
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.184
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.502
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.919
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.492
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.247
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.910
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.470
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.972
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.772
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 8.710
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.879
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.620
And I enable persistence 6.702
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.081
And I log in to a new session 12.381
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.564
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 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.994
And available upgrades have been checked 2.167
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.560
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.886
And I enable persistence 8.971
# 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 0.017
And I log in to a new session 10.558
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.256
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 18.526
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.654
And I enable persistence 6.656
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 12.962
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.703
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.750
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031