Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6004 12 Dec 2025, 12:40

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 79 0 0 0 0 79 5 0 5 16:40.506 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
3:43.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.298
And I update APT using apt 6.373
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.404
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.659
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 32.574
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.112
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.819
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.295
And I enable persistence 33.224
And I log in to a new session 18.024
And the Additional Software installation service has started 11.509
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.471
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.117
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.682
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:27.233
And I update APT using apt 5.508
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.347
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.293
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.172
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:10.824
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.027
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.028
Given a computer 0.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:28.931
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.409
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.088
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.122
When I start Synaptic 15.566
And I update APT using Synaptic 23.080
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.417
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.858
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.084
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 6.512
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.854
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.874
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.241
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 6.187
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.379
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.265
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.810
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:41.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.076
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.683
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.883
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.787
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.767
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.155
And I enable persistence 9.511
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 14.183
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.848
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.099
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 14.818
And available upgrades have been checked 0.079
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.514
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.694
And I enable persistence 9.338
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 12.265
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.482
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 25.483
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.166
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:21.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.970
And I enable persistence 7.762
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 15.359
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.608
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.699
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012