Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.8.1 3 03 Jun 2026, 21:19

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 12:50.088 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
2:40.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.965
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.291
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.288
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.509
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.651
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.890
And I enable persistence 15.470
And I log in to a new session 9.911
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.157
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.588
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.770
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.490
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.902
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.281
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.343
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.656
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.171
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.445
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
When I start Synaptic 12.610
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.731
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.400
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.541
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.799
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.322
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.553
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.901
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.475
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.631
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 8.676
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.737
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.872
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.719
And I enable persistence 6.564
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.491
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.341
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.444
And available upgrades have been checked 1.144
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.562
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.575
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.375
And I enable persistence 6.435
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 10.634
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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.585
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.119
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.624
And I enable persistence 6.759
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
And I log in to a new session 11.863
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.655
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.000
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006