Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6268 06 Apr 2026, 17:56

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 13:17.958 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
2:56.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.649
And I update APT using apt 7.099
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.377
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.097
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.184
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.937
And I enable persistence 16.095
And I log in to a new session 10.757
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.215
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.837
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.748
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.397
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.979
And I update APT using apt 4.741
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.245
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.149
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.851
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.334
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
When I start Synaptic 13.203
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.098
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.483
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.394
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.942
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.346
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.067
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.796
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.495
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.226
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.030
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 9.098
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.959
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.409
And I enable persistence 6.293
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.997
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.920
And available upgrades have been checked 1.116
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.765
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.302
And I enable persistence 6.794
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 10.509
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.251
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.622
And I enable persistence 6.897
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.523
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.712
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.443
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051