Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6059 14 Jan 2026, 07:52

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 13:0.398 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
2:43.654
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.581
And I update APT using apt 5.428
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.421
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.826
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.659
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.184
And I enable persistence 18.136
And I log in to a new session 10.756
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.244
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.610
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.603
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.384
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.072
And I update APT using apt 4.755
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.248
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.095
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.949
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.229
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.194
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
When I start Synaptic 12.101
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.483
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.923
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.429
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.145
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.407
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.310
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.019
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.896
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.759
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.702
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.383
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.968
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.249
And I enable persistence 5.525
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 11.751
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.737
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.749
And available upgrades have been checked 2.155
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.014
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.593
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.565
And I enable persistence 5.813
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 11.329
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.267
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.198
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.143
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.505
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.231
And I enable persistence 6.857
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 10.317
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.500
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.033
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006