Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6267 06 Apr 2026, 14:02

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 13:20.312 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
2:35.177
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 45.190
And I update APT using apt 4.713
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.049
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.928
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.033
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.948
And I enable persistence 15.096
And I log in to a new session 10.018
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.628
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.634
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:52.193
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.039
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:38.914
And I update APT using apt 4.792
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.207
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.924
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.956
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.211
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.434
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.515
When I start Synaptic 12.315
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.472
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.199
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.408
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.673
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.984
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.778
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.448
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.686
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.621
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 8.658
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.841
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.599
And I enable persistence 5.324
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 9.305
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.213
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.636
And available upgrades have been checked 2.167
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.485
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.017
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.506
And I enable persistence 6.253
# 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 9.781
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.197
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 41.793
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.330
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 34.903
And I enable persistence 5.370
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 9.440
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.231
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.945
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006