Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_doc-rm-7.12 1 02 Sep 2026, 22:14

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 12:35.541 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
2:41.676
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.091
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.077
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.187
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.067
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.718
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.551
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.919
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.031
And I enable persistence 22.278
And I log in to a new session 8.065
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.399
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.615
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.563
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.680
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.134
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.184
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.952
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.264
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.093
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.449
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.143
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.577
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I start Synaptic 11.696
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.085
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.486
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.546
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.333
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.722
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.689
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.187
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.839
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.300
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.661
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.495
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 5.411
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.956
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.089
And I enable persistence 12.181
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 8.465
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.492
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
# 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 0.084
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.644
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.930
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.473
And I enable persistence 12.709
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.956
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 14.499
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.087
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.258
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.207
And I enable persistence 12.619
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 8.531
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.789
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.892
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005