Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6253 01 Apr 2026, 11:13

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 14:3.625 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
3:2.415
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 52.075
And I update APT using apt 5.641
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.395
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.690
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.415
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.253
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.832
And I enable persistence 21.499
And I log in to a new session 12.326
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.142
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.802
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.875
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.718
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.169
And I update APT using apt 4.868
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.377
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.324
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.113
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.447
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.561
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.655
When I start Synaptic 13.399
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.656
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.593
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.624
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.481
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.615
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.832
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.562
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.996
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.015
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.542
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:7.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:25.205
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 9.488
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.287
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.015
And I enable persistence 9.020
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 11.373
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.617
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.499
And available upgrades have been checked 2.258
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.045
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.609
And I enable persistence 6.797
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.667
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.227
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.726
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.316
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.745
And I enable persistence 8.290
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 11.095
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.689
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.231
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011