Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 3 11 May 2026, 18:08

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 13:39.160 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
2:56.590
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.099
And I update APT using apt 6.040
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.928
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.018
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.908
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.392
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.986
And I enable persistence 21.405
And I log in to a new session 10.876
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.187
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.645
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.696
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.529
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.637
And I update APT using apt 5.213
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.320
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.210
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.848
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.311
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.681
When I start Synaptic 12.460
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.693
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.164
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.658
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.789
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.302
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.655
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.898
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.435
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.093
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.062
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 8.978
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.228
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.741
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.341
And I enable persistence 7.329
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.255
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.250
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.329
And available upgrades have been checked 2.165
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.509
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.382
And I enable persistence 7.012
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.464
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.257
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 18.080
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.098
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 38.865
And I enable persistence 7.070
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.941
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.645
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.377
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006