Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6201 13 Mar 2026, 11:13

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 13:36.465 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
3:14.175
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 1:17.763
And I update APT using apt 5.242
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.939
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.822
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.265
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.057
And I enable persistence 16.597
And I log in to a new session 10.234
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.154
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.829
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.739
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.298
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.744
And I update APT using apt 4.940
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.251
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.223
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.402
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.428
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.187
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.511
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.700
When I start Synaptic 13.293
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.892
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.015
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.509
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.258
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.728
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.804
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.374
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.245
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.968
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.257
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.617
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
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 1:23.915
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 8.907
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.769
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.766
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.515
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.356
And I enable persistence 6.804
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.204
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 0.049
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.470
And available upgrades have been checked 1.181
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.587
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 14.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.442
And I enable persistence 7.221
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 10.129
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.222
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.012
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.718
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.127
And I enable persistence 6.717
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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 11.417
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.859
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.365
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027