Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6252 01 Apr 2026, 11:14

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 14:2.820 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
3:2.662
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.025
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.692
And I update APT using apt 6.320
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.398
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.547
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.682
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.453
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.289
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.642
And I enable persistence 21.655
And I log in to a new session 12.001
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.867
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.813
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.208
And I update APT using apt 5.029
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.315
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.282
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.690
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.283
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.478
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.607
When I start Synaptic 12.873
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.716
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.311
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.580
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.471
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.379
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.788
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.873
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.567
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.986
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.124
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:6.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.168
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.946
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.094
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.591
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.966
And I enable persistence 8.647
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 11.360
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.253
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.625
And available upgrades have been checked 1.179
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.097
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.584
And I enable persistence 7.307
# 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 0.017
And I log in to a new session 13.661
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.377
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.083
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 15.889
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.860
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.435
And I enable persistence 8.199
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 10.629
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.830
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.518
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009