Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6270 07 Apr 2026, 11:24

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 12:42.958 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
2:51.906
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 50.432
And I update APT using apt 5.648
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 7.023
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.278
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.410
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.050
And I enable persistence 14.050
And I log in to a new session 9.999
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.757
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.636
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.151
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.745
And I update APT using apt 4.871
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.256
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.159
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.883
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.351
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.430
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
When I start Synaptic 12.019
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.495
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.445
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.457
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.403
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.184
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.945
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.735
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.462
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.727
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.298
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 8.684
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.766
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.904
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.746
And I enable persistence 5.364
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.459
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 0.038
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.720
And available upgrades have been checked 1.082
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.514
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.215
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.767
And I enable persistence 5.599
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.428
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.519
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.905
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.073
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.289
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 35.728
And I enable persistence 6.514
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.156
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.510
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.872
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014