Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6246 30 Mar 2026, 07:31

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 13:9.154 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
2:54.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.762
And I update APT using apt 5.578
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.808
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.626
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.166
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.609
And I enable persistence 14.870
And I log in to a new session 10.590
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.692
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.801
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.640
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.309
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 a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.817
And I update APT using apt 4.857
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 2.182
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.957
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.142
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.241
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.414
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.480
When I start Synaptic 12.564
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.565
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.977
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.506
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.659
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.246
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.407
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.027
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.468
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.283
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 a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.925
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.025
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.150
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.125
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.065
And I enable persistence 5.397
# 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
# 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 10.618
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.235
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.075
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.988
And available upgrades have been checked 2.170
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.450
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.810
And I enable persistence 6.576
# 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 11.676
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.486
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.619
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.723
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.700
And I enable persistence 7.002
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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 9.764
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.637
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.335
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007