Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6264 05 Apr 2026, 07:10

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 14:15.645 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
3:17.515
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:16.114
And I update APT using apt 4.884
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.343
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.994
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.868
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.506
And I enable persistence 18.871
And I log in to a new session 10.158
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.734
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.619
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:57.571
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.444
And I update APT using apt 4.586
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.251
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.543
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.681
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.586
When I start Synaptic 12.613
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.493
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.253
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.793
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.243
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.761
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.973
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.218
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.497
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.579
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.396
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 8.518
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.806
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.887
And I enable persistence 6.292
# 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
# 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 9.336
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.997
And available upgrades have been checked 2.192
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.606
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.540
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.577
And I enable persistence 6.682
# 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 9.311
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.299
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.651
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.731
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 37.719
And I enable persistence 6.442
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 10.527
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.711
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.188
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006