Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6263 05 Apr 2026, 07:26

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 12:32.838 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
2:50.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.428
And I update APT using apt 7.772
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.230
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.509
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.355
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.246
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.733
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.725
And I enable persistence 15.839
And I log in to a new session 9.516
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.462
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.697
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.631
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.252
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.950
And I update APT using apt 4.772
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.157
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.061
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 1:35.150
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.803
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
When I start Synaptic 12.108
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.532
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.376
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.409
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.575
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.615
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.455
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.891
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.484
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.919
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.229
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.707
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.995
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.180
And I enable persistence 5.688
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.361
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.193
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.508
And available upgrades have been checked 2.155
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.465
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.645
And I enable persistence 5.462
# 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 10.202
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.280
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.844
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.785
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.766
And I enable persistence 5.759
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.075
And I log in to a new session 9.507
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.684
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.876
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006