Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6203 15 Mar 2026, 06:47

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 11:56.822 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
2:37.753
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 45.864
And I update APT using apt 4.841
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.345
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.135
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.996
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.558
And I enable persistence 14.556
And I log in to a new session 8.835
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.491
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.631
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.634
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.085
And I update APT using apt 4.379
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.226
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.901
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.416
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.002
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.305
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.361
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.187
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.039
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.878
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.447
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:11.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.598
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 8.847
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.570
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.660
And I enable persistence 6.344
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 9.017
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.219
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.398
And available upgrades have been checked 1.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.559
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.993
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.576
And I enable persistence 6.207
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 9.361
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.080
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.711
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.665
And I enable persistence 6.414
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
# 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 9.366
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.689
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.068
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034