Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc 1 25 Aug 2026, 18:44

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 12:5.962 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
2:31.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.661
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.418
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.205
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.040
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.516
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.542
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.596
And I enable persistence 19.215
And I log in to a new session 6.846
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.555
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.517
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:13.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.082
And I update the APT lists using apt 3.918
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.134
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.131
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.005
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.142
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
When I start Synaptic 11.755
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.185
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.819
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.405
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.449
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.127
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.549
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.113
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.689
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.656
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.585
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015
Given a computer 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.188
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.207
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.973
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.976
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.388
And I enable persistence 11.404
# 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 0.004
# 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 6.294
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.224
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.884
And available upgrades have been checked 2.147
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.438
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.544
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.659
And I enable persistence 11.312
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 7.417
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.157
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 15.676
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.637
And I enable persistence 11.341
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 7.859
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.083
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.943
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005