Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6248 30 Mar 2026, 15:02

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 13:37.524 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
2:56.765
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.997
And I update APT using apt 6.081
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.624
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.178
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.990
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.876
And I enable persistence 17.876
And I log in to a new session 11.219
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.184
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.653
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:57.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.430
And I update APT using apt 4.977
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.301
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.195
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.820
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.192
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.610
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.567
When I start Synaptic 12.147
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.669
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.028
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.234
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.301
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.854
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.647
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.552
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.450
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.123
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.236
And I enable persistence 6.745
# 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 0.067
# 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 0.131
And I log in to a new session 10.609
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.581
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.758
And available upgrades have been checked 2.165
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.415
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.549
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.351
And I enable persistence 6.133
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 11.180
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.804
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.134
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.976
And I enable persistence 6.569
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.944
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.581
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.903
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006