Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 3 28 May 2026, 18:09

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 13:32.785 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
2:49.488
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.521
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.332
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.962
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.911
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.773
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.540
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.257
And I enable persistence 16.996
And I log in to a new session 11.751
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.512
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.748
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.726
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.465
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.556
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.216
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.285
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.263
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.047
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.436
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.710
When I start Synaptic 12.911
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.528
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.694
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.564
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.288
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.510
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.976
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.420
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.354
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.941
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.719
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.078
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.499
And I enable persistence 6.683
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 12.245
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.292
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.083
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.386
And available upgrades have been checked 2.187
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.534
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.116
And I enable persistence 6.749
# 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 12.106
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.169
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 18.599
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.640
And I enable persistence 6.864
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 11.668
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.746
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.175
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008