Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6249 31 Mar 2026, 07:02

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 13:6.175 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
2:45.643
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.177
And I update APT using apt 5.857
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.860
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.693
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.781
And I enable persistence 16.043
And I log in to a new session 11.951
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.743
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.746
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.490
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.417
And I update APT using apt 5.559
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.708
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.473
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.514
When I start Synaptic 12.550
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.494
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.094
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.509
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.688
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.238
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.980
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.714
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.429
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.315
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.950
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.793
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.934
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.570
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.965
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.490
And I enable persistence 6.844
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 8.914
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 0.037
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.288
And available upgrades have been checked 3.287
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.552
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.452
And I enable persistence 6.779
# 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 9.618
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.224
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 16.318
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.075
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.586
And I enable persistence 6.628
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 9.932
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.119
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.130
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006