Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6261 04 Apr 2026, 06:56

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 12:12.635 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
2:36.734
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 45.040
And I update APT using apt 4.793
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.374
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.988
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.438
And I enable persistence 15.782
And I log in to a new session 9.545
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.104
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.673
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.644
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.770
And I update APT using apt 4.476
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.246
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.739
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.371
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.160
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.749
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
When I start Synaptic 12.070
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.434
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.466
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.574
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.607
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.473
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.283
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.772
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.403
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:23.421
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.642
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.720
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.703
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.172
And I enable persistence 6.215
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 8.752
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.203
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 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.435
And available upgrades have been checked 1.099
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.620
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.139
And I enable persistence 6.440
# 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 8.763
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.554
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.960
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.124
And I enable persistence 5.328
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.958
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.577
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.805
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006