Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14 3 29 Sep 2026, 18:21

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 12:22.502 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
2:36.801
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.570
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.631
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.754
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.984
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.644
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.983
And I enable persistence 21.516
And I log in to a new session 7.855
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.674
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.520
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 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.464
And I update the APT lists using apt 9.500
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.097
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.242
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 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.472
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.151
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.514
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.471
When I start Synaptic 12.272
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.221
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.087
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.385
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.690
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.113
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.615
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.124
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.409
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.823
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.491
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.311
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.233
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.787
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.945
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.765
And I enable persistence 12.290
# 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 0.086
And I log in to a new session 7.249
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.995
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.797
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.683
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.474
And I enable persistence 13.376
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.349
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.212
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 15.116
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.091
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.960
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 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.983
And I enable persistence 12.377
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.712
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.466
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.140
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007