Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6277 08 Apr 2026, 14:13

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 13:37.228 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
3:23.227
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:19.074
And I update APT using apt 5.140
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.923
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.929
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.212
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.355
And I enable persistence 18.263
And I log in to a new session 11.961
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.181
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.687
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.731
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.578
And I update APT using apt 5.191
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.285
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.164
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.589
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.238
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.549
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.720
When I start Synaptic 12.263
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.629
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.146
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.647
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.227
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.383
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.061
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.482
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.506
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.219
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 8.387
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.840
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.490
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.890
And I enable persistence 6.663
# 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
# 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 0.106
And I log in to a new session 9.185
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.212
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.902
And available upgrades have been checked 1.126
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.107
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.272
And I enable persistence 5.495
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.029
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 16.012
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.665
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.735
And I enable persistence 6.564
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.443
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.709
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.056
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028