Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6092 26 Jan 2026, 11:46

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 13:28.659 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
2:48.906
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.660
And I update APT using apt 5.140
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.327
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.652
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.683
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.285
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.210
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.144
And I enable persistence 17.487
And I log in to a new session 11.053
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.637
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.797
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.977
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 an administration password 1:12.204
And I update APT using apt 6.242
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.251
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.165
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.945
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.179
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.229
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
When I start Synaptic 12.307
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.519
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.900
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.351
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.020
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.773
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.482
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.589
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.539
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.958
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.070
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.959
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.652
And I enable persistence 6.776
# 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
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.339
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.311
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.797
And available upgrades have been checked 2.142
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.489
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.703
And I enable persistence 7.714
# 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 9.157
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.690
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.226
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.133
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.239
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.848
And I enable persistence 5.577
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.126
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.245
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.954
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011