Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_torbrowser-launcher-merge-upstream-2026-08 2 08 Aug 2026, 05:38

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 12:7.401 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
2:32.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.760
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.753
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.213
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.156
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.022
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.656
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.236
And I enable persistence 19.521
And I log in to a new session 7.312
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.121
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.639
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.492
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:14.674
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.616
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.615
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.169
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.132
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.717
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.117
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.533
When I start Synaptic 12.264
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.198
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.340
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.572
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.643
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.371
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.507
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.171
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.781
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.847
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.128
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.540
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:22.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.161
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 5.401
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.278
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.285
And I enable persistence 11.034
# 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
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 8.392
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.148
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.844
And available upgrades have been checked 0.045
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.041
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.267
And I enable persistence 10.643
# 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 8.321
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 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 15.922
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.355
And I enable persistence 11.624
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 8.824
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.096
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.854
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005