Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.8.1 4 03 Jun 2026, 21:22

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 12:22.904 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
2:35.869
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 46.893
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.157
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.990
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.278
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.582
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.021
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.703
And I enable persistence 16.433
And I log in to a new session 9.962
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.174
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.643
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.641
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.821
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.211
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.072
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.272
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.765
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.134
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.372
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.646
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
When I start Synaptic 12.409
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.463
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.382
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.406
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.654
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.176
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.151
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.858
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.670
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 8.616
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.563
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.881
And I enable persistence 5.694
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.408
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.503
And available upgrades have been checked 3.269
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.457
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.510
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.268
And I enable persistence 6.280
# 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 10.612
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.161
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.671
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.565
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.464
And I enable persistence 6.634
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.841
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.654
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.818
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006