Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6276 08 Apr 2026, 11:16

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 12:58.482 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
2:53.146
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.524
And I update APT using apt 6.026
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.451
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.353
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.658
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.021
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.041
And I enable persistence 19.006
And I log in to a new session 9.927
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.185
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.593
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.653
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.971
And I update APT using apt 5.136
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.383
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.204
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.367
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.237
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.662
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.601
When I start Synaptic 12.528
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.562
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.867
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
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 3.261
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.864
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.235
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.321
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 8.286
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.949
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.200
And I enable persistence 6.575
# 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 0.079
And I log in to a new session 10.670
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.534
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.147
And available upgrades have been checked 1.147
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.221
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.586
And I enable persistence 5.604
# 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 10.681
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.174
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 17.948
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.612
And I enable persistence 6.443
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.096
And I log in to a new session 11.294
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.713
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.935
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047