Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14 4 29 Sep 2026, 20:36

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 12:49.622 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
2:50.473
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 58.399
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.707
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.620
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.326
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.666
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.570
And I enable persistence 22.173
And I log in to a new session 8.209
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.668
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.560
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.341
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 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.390
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.352
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.206
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.201
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.406
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.832
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.200
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.504
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.438
When I start Synaptic 12.309
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.140
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.873
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.300
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.676
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.552
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.292
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.709
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.323
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.393
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.480
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 11.582
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.491
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.380
And I enable persistence 12.312
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 7.930
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.200
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.885
And available upgrades have been checked 1.124
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.988
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.920
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.254
And I enable persistence 11.975
# 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 8.374
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.194
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 14.348
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.082
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.006
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.419
And I enable persistence 12.196
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
And I log in to a new session 8.023
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.826
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.346
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040