Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6202 14 Mar 2026, 11:19

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 13:12.245 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
2:49.704
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 49.878
And I update APT using apt 6.091
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.776
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.397
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.167
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.821
And I enable persistence 15.534
And I log in to a new session 10.973
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.210
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.786
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.614
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.260
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.159
And I update APT using apt 4.587
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.265
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.141
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.520
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.424
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.624
When I start Synaptic 12.372
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.674
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.619
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.728
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.361
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.612
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.850
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.544
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.368
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 8.573
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.955
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.743
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.464
And I enable persistence 5.301
# 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 0.117
And I log in to a new session 10.340
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.333
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.523
And available upgrades have been checked 2.228
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.007
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.282
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.179
And I enable persistence 6.596
# 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 10.541
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 17.372
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.639
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.383
And I enable persistence 6.863
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.298
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.638
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.180
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018