Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6260 03 Apr 2026, 11:25

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 13:56.977 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
3:0.006
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.461
And I update APT using apt 6.418
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.362
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.526
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.305
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.640
And I enable persistence 17.379
And I log in to a new session 10.596
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.727
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.664
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.161
And I update APT using apt 4.865
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.379
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.259
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.008
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.545
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.554
When I start Synaptic 12.326
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.628
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.619
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.434
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.796
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.632
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.256
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.740
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.468
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.443
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.385
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.147
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.866
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.266
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.813
And I enable persistence 6.865
# 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 0.014
# 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 12.238
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.238
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 43.836
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.431
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.865
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.827
And I enable persistence 6.718
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.539
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.553
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 17.319
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.506
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.690
And I enable persistence 7.233
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.373
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.730
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.796
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006