Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6058 13 Jan 2026, 22:42

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 13:26.214 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
2:43.093
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.474
And I update APT using apt 5.191
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.223
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.231
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.208
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.084
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.309
And I enable persistence 17.115
And I log in to a new session 10.219
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.668
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.713
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.632
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.409
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.570
And I update APT using apt 4.292
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
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 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.086
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.641
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.209
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
When I start Synaptic 12.044
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.469
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.505
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.583
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.329
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.059
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.921
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.487
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:13.930
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 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.240
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.367
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.661
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.970
And I enable persistence 6.721
# 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 0.018
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.774
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.332
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.087
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 13.064
And available upgrades have been checked 1.114
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.253
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.935
And I enable persistence 5.494
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 10.792
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.347
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.482
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.694
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.561
And I enable persistence 6.770
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.029
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.433
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.327
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006