Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db 1 09 Jun 2026, 14:32

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 13:35.458 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
2:58.129
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.931
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.452
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.352
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.581
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.607
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.770
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.008
And I enable persistence 17.309
And I log in to a new session 12.112
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.177
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.819
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.732
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.099
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.686
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.255
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 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.186
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.672
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.411
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
When I start Synaptic 12.289
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.664
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.902
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.885
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.841
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.743
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.515
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.988
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.429
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:59.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.601
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 9.528
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.938
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.255
And I enable persistence 7.271
# 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 0.008
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.653
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.255
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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.109
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 1.644
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.255
And I enable persistence 6.877
# 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 11.846
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.252
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 18.055
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.073
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.538
And I enable persistence 7.080
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.072
And I log in to a new session 10.749
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.754
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.443
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013