Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 1 02 Sep 2026, 18:08

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 12:22.666 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
2:36.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.600
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.166
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.145
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.597
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.134
And I enable persistence 19.780
And I log in to a new session 7.499
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.110
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.674
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.628
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:15.610
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.713
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.407
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.219
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.117
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.925
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.444
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.160
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.493
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.483
When I start Synaptic 11.796
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.211
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.532
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.377
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.175
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.803
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.297
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.315
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.137
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.926
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.793
And I enable persistence 11.848
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 8.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.107
# 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 0.115
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 11.189
And available upgrades have been checked 0.066
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.496
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.594
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.615
And I enable persistence 11.225
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 8.316
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.167
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.027
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 15.188
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.043
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 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.331
And I enable persistence 11.482
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 8.326
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.160
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.153
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007