Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6278 08 Apr 2026, 18:17

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 13:19.402 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
2:52.898
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.486
And I update APT using apt 6.653
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.445
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.691
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.257
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.701
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.139
And I enable persistence 16.498
And I log in to a new session 10.813
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.145
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.826
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.805
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.948
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.429
And I update APT using apt 4.886
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.345
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 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.803
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.552
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
When I start Synaptic 12.152
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.589
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.886
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.662
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.245
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.476
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.827
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.492
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.369
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.988
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 9.025
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.907
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.782
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.227
And I enable persistence 6.448
# 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 0.063
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.478
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.545
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.805
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.606
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.918
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.429
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.985
And I enable persistence 7.020
# 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 11.190
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.289
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.106
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.094
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 a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.481
And I enable persistence 6.632
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.634
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.767
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.413
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006