Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 1 11 May 2026, 17:39

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 12:53.459 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
2:46.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.699
And I update APT using apt 5.757
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.009
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.327
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.214
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.816
And I enable persistence 16.916
And I log in to a new session 9.253
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.157
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.654
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.950
And I update APT using apt 4.840
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.243
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.738
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.425
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
When I start Synaptic 12.336
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.542
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.364
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.369
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.105
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.796
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.442
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.566
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 9.205
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.964
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.910
And I enable persistence 6.619
# 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
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 10.327
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.902
And available upgrades have been checked 1.202
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.579
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.370
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.083
And I enable persistence 6.464
# 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 11.809
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.469
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.186
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.559
And I enable persistence 6.426
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 10.018
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.609
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.406
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006