Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6075 17 Jan 2026, 11:40

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 12:48.704 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
3:8.182
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:15.332
And I update APT using apt 5.791
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.209
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.171
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.762
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 3.076
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.897
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.915
And I enable persistence 14.383
And I log in to a new session 10.037
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.255
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.614
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.567
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.151
And I update APT using apt 4.226
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.271
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.132
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.504
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.590
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.134
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.435
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.468
When I start Synaptic 12.049
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.394
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.006
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.398
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.198
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.121
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.739
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.400
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.713
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 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.533
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 8.245
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.666
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.624
And I enable persistence 5.426
# 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
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.557
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.305
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.519
And available upgrades have been checked 1.136
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.000
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.487
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.334
And I enable persistence 6.151
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 9.403
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.318
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 22.450
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.116
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.403
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 34.307
And I enable persistence 5.379
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 8.987
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.249
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.965
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006