Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 4 02 Sep 2026, 18:27

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 12:53.176 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
2:44.167
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 45.881
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.405
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.162
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.176
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.034
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.559
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.037
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.771
And I enable persistence 23.009
And I log in to a new session 8.681
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.172
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.551
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.621
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.702
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 a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.526
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.719
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.165
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.127
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.510
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 a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.617
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.264
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.178
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
When I start Synaptic 12.451
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.227
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.568
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.561
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.415
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.563
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.216
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.025
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.785
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.838
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 0.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:29.269
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.999
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.385
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.209
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.888
And I enable persistence 13.535
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 8.024
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 13.454
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.337
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.936
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.033
And I enable persistence 12.246
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 7.954
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.165
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 16.929
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.318
And I enable persistence 12.565
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
And I log in to a new session 9.344
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.576
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.968
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005