Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6266 06 Apr 2026, 11:26

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 13:9.421 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
2:53.706
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 54.189
And I update APT using apt 5.607
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.810
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.562
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.320
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.521
And I enable persistence 15.854
And I log in to a new session 10.885
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.698
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.670
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.608
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.107
And I update APT using apt 5.003
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.228
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.822
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.407
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.230
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.437
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.515
When I start Synaptic 12.378
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.655
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.534
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.269
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.505
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.987
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.514
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.503
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.986
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 8.536
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.667
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.160
And I enable persistence 6.957
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.442
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.010
And available upgrades have been checked 2.176
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.181
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.652
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.864
And I enable persistence 6.449
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.796
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.533
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.982
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.780
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.386
And I enable persistence 6.447
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 9.863
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.754
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.134
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009