Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 1 28 May 2026, 17:57

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 13:52.583 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
2:58.710
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.028
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.009
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.365
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.418
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.533
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.699
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.949
And I enable persistence 20.294
And I log in to a new session 13.161
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.225
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.779
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.100
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.893
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.981
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.256
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.304
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.235
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.325
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.592
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
When I start Synaptic 12.694
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.634
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.742
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.230
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.345
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.190
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.973
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:4.349
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 1:23.904
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.698
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.942
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.908
And I enable persistence 6.627
# 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 0.124
And I log in to a new session 12.179
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.237
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.026
And available upgrades have been checked 2.191
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.023
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.706
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.763
And I enable persistence 7.020
# 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 10.961
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 18.707
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.304
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.237
And I enable persistence 6.698
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.082
And I log in to a new session 11.922
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.630
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.152
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016