Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 5 11 May 2026, 19:14

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 13:34.867 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
2:58.115
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 48.450
And I update APT using apt 6.111
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.566
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.361
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.171
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.363
And I enable persistence 18.209
And I log in to a new session 13.495
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.859
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.731
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.665
And I update APT using apt 5.211
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.287
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.276
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.560
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.514
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.570
When I start Synaptic 12.887
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.345
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.323
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.466
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.477
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.859
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.380
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.197
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.910
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.233
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.704
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.975
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 9.141
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.006
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.658
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.625
And I enable persistence 6.710
# 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 11.818
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.294
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.116
And available upgrades have been checked 2.224
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.580
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.869
And I enable persistence 5.832
# 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 12.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.122
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.322
And I enable persistence 6.759
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063
And I log in to a new session 11.007
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.679
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.383
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012