Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 5 02 Sep 2026, 20:11

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 12:41.467 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
2:41.550
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.077
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.646
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.338
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.038
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.934
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.848
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.488
And I enable persistence 21.219
And I log in to a new session 8.221
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.123
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.753
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.666
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.564
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.810
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.211
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.483
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.031
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.132
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.547
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.524
When I start Synaptic 11.936
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.063
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.318
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.293
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.523
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.176
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.558
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.082
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.228
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.521
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.923
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 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.442
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.145
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.781
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.946
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.237
And I enable persistence 13.205
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 7.644
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.234
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.555
And available upgrades have been checked 1.153
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.882
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.874
And I enable persistence 14.711
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 7.643
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.229
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 17.342
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.039
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given a computer 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.448
And I enable persistence 13.108
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
And I log in to a new session 8.116
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.610
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.095
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010