Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6265 05 Apr 2026, 11:29

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 13:59.955 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
3:0.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.080
And I update APT using apt 6.359
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.362
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.301
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.154
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.296
And I enable persistence 17.906
And I log in to a new session 10.272
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.172
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.753
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.657
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.134
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.571
And I update APT using apt 4.883
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.341
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 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.765
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.231
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.539
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
When I start Synaptic 12.514
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.652
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.276
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.533
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.669
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.486
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.814
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.558
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.692
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.754
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.896
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.632
And I enable persistence 7.057
# 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
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 11.672
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.117
And available upgrades have been checked 2.146
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.541
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.679
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.260
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.436
And I enable persistence 5.551
# 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 12.195
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.229
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.995
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.069
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.699
And I enable persistence 7.434
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.965
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.762
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.798
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009