Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6250 31 Mar 2026, 11:34

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 13:40.919 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
2:58.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.135
And I update APT using apt 5.109
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.344
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.825
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.468
And I enable persistence 15.525
And I log in to a new session 10.143
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.240
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.707
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.720
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.308
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.029
And I update APT using apt 4.798
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.221
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.136
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.171
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.521
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.244
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.439
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.594
When I start Synaptic 12.386
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.785
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.924
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.591
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.473
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.609
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.690
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.993
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.243
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.435
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.718
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 8.359
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.940
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.892
And I enable persistence 6.324
# 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
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.517
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.494
And available upgrades have been checked 2.158
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.481
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.483
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.761
And I enable persistence 5.771
# 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 10.769
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.258
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 17.608
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.008
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.780
And I enable persistence 5.678
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.855
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.588
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.571
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013