Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6259 03 Apr 2026, 07:24

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 13:10.641 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
2:44.932
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 52.387
And I update APT using apt 6.066
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.677
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.334
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.022
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.905
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.232
And I enable persistence 13.912
And I log in to a new session 8.693
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.607
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.559
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.512
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.575
And I update APT using apt 4.346
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.213
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.762
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.879
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.226
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.418
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
When I start Synaptic 12.325
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.377
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.379
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.480
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.786
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.622
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.243
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.927
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.462
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.565
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.873
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.319
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.890
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.934
And I enable persistence 6.477
# 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
# 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 9.268
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.167
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.420
And available upgrades have been checked 1.118
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.460
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.582
And I enable persistence 5.672
# 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 9.665
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.593
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 41.686
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.868
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 a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.235
And I enable persistence 6.451
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 9.242
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.342
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.119
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007