Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6257 02 Apr 2026, 11:08

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 12:51.574 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
2:44.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.370
And I update APT using apt 5.309
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.910
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.733
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.302
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.030
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.352
And I enable persistence 16.135
And I log in to a new session 9.927
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.730
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.659
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.865
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.546
And I update APT using apt 4.763
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.252
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.169
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.086
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 a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.887
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.660
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.507
When I start Synaptic 12.604
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.207
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.391
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.702
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.208
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.540
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.236
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.977
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.414
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.849
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.011
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 8.798
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.210
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.355
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.961
And I enable persistence 5.795
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.270
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.230
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.830
And available upgrades have been checked 1.137
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.021
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.615
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.329
And I enable persistence 6.661
# 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 10.892
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.165
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.907
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.825
And I enable persistence 5.757
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.291
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.766
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.971
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008