Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6255 01 Apr 2026, 17:48

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 13:15.936 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
2:51.441
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.889
And I update APT using apt 5.921
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.373
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.755
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.051
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.231
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.643
And I enable persistence 18.504
And I log in to a new session 11.900
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.148
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.825
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.865
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.826
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.211
And I update APT using apt 5.027
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.175
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.758
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 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.198
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.223
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.508
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.709
When I start Synaptic 12.384
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.661
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.630
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.658
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.218
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.498
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.937
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.242
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.337
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.030
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.267
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.958
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.682
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.266
And I enable persistence 7.277
# 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 0.025
# 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 0.108
And I log in to a new session 10.369
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.415
And available upgrades have been checked 1.136
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.578
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.789
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.689
And I enable persistence 7.037
# 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 11.943
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.249
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.459
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.572
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.561
And I enable persistence 7.441
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.167
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.010
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.854
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006