Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6254 01 Apr 2026, 11:22

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 14:2.071 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
3:1.835
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 51.857
And I update APT using apt 6.366
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.092
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.949
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.216
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.116
And I enable persistence 19.964
And I log in to a new session 10.720
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.234
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.655
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.240
And I update APT using apt 5.735
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.331
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.046
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.290
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.587
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.872
When I start Synaptic 12.724
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.670
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.392
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.666
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.685
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.397
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.894
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.210
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.488
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:4.058
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.465
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.952
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.043
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.905
And I enable persistence 6.935
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 13.152
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.283
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.074
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.356
And available upgrades have been checked 1.114
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.571
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.845
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.516
And I enable persistence 6.686
# 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 11.778
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.194
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 18.554
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.049
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.705
And I enable persistence 7.494
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 12.461
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.821
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.301
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025