Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14 1 29 Sep 2026, 17:46

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 12:34.990 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
2:38.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.881
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.752
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.215
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.576
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.339
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.537
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.851
And I enable persistence 21.781
And I log in to a new session 9.133
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.126
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.780
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.588
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.178
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 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.817
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.820
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.187
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.852
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 0.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.087
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.171
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.496
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.447
When I start Synaptic 12.026
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.897
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.484
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.330
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.527
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.144
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.569
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.118
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.237
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.774
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.293
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.348
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.124
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 6.186
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.989
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.774
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.648
And I enable persistence 11.994
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 7.539
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.237
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.461
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 1.940
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.949
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.139
And I enable persistence 11.151
# 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 8.884
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.098
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 15.333
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.346
And I enable persistence 11.777
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
And I log in to a new session 7.015
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.254
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.866
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005