Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6086 22 Jan 2026, 17:19

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 15:40.677 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
3:40.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:22.139
And I update APT using apt 8.172
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.312
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.751
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.184
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.337
And I enable persistence 20.830
And I log in to a new session 10.909
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.289
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.846
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.915
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.384
And I update APT using apt 5.530
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.295
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.303
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:19.219
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 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.575
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.186
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.638
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.679
When I start Synaptic 14.151
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.832
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.692
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.685
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.757
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.624
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.164
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.638
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.078
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.248
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.596
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:46.961
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.531
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 9.242
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.872
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.835
And I enable persistence 7.565
# 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 0.044
# 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 0.122
And I log in to a new session 10.840
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.398
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 14.467
And available upgrades have been checked 0.071
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 5.677
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.996
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.485
And I enable persistence 8.192
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 12.408
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.426
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 44.861
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.179
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.049
And I enable persistence 7.657
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 11.083
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.366
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.988
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010