Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6204 15 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 14:8.075 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
2:58.688
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.461
And I update APT using apt 5.915
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.339
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.182
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.838
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.210
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.299
And I enable persistence 18.844
And I log in to a new session 12.576
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.768
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.803
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.611
And I update APT using apt 4.703
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.338
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.332
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:29.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:5.279
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.538
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.840
When I start Synaptic 13.430
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.578
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.035
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.751
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.283
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.833
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.592
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.488
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.990
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.520
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:2.146
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.549
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.829
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.368
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.735
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.810
And I enable persistence 6.900
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 12.996
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.212
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.084
# 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 0.096
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.102
And available upgrades have been checked 2.186
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.968
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.733
And I enable persistence 8.486
# 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 11.779
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.628
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 17.076
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.755
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.078
And I enable persistence 6.926
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.215
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.762
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.496
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057