Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14 2 29 Sep 2026, 18:13

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 12:33.739 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
2:34.951
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 45.932
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.538
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.606
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.011
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.644
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.994
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.245
And I enable persistence 19.343
And I log in to a new session 8.750
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.744
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.713
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.350
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 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.114
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.675
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.197
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.205
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.953
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.531
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.163
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.522
When I start Synaptic 12.311
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.890
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.622
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.328
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.583
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.134
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.532
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.662
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.218
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.631
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.641
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.269
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.971
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.763
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 8.737
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.538
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.921
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.049
And I enable persistence 10.988
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 9.413
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.418
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.049
And Tor is ready 12.257
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 2.466
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.711
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.935
And I enable persistence 11.973
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.926
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.168
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 17.124
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.511
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.529
And I enable persistence 12.705
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 7.738
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.159
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.945
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007