Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 4 11 May 2026, 18:27

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 13:26.255 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
2:47.823
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 48.526
And I update APT using apt 5.460
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.310
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.277
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.090
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.837
And I enable persistence 17.128
And I log in to a new session 10.760
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.439
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.710
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.843
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.375
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.292
And I update APT using apt 5.541
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.266
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.681
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.191
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.643
When I start Synaptic 13.666
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.685
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.673
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.550
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.251
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.846
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.435
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:59.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.416
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 8.643
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.136
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.785
And I enable persistence 6.599
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 13.037
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.082
# 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 0.074
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.122
And available upgrades have been checked 1.110
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.600
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 23.501
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.521
And I enable persistence 6.808
# 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 11.877
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.192
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 17.685
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.347
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.562
And I enable persistence 5.930
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 11.263
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.434
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.620
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007