Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6199 13 Mar 2026, 00:12

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 13:8.093 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
2:50.653
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 47.045
And I update APT using apt 5.156
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.337
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.145
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.883
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.274
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.848
And I enable persistence 18.435
And I log in to a new session 10.464
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.212
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.633
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.655
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.206
And I update APT using apt 5.041
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.300
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.203
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.296
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.577
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
When I start Synaptic 12.803
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.602
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.931
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.736
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.240
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.539
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.397
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.051
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.423
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.295
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.135
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.817
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.918
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.354
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.319
And I enable persistence 6.762
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.870
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.071
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.760
And available upgrades have been checked 2.213
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.604
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.703
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.921
And I enable persistence 7.145
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.647
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.259
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.828
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.079
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.032
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.337
And I enable persistence 5.954
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.430
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.798
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.260
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011