Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6097 27 Jan 2026, 19:17

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 12:54.462 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
2:36.717
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 45.796
And I update APT using apt 5.175
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.301
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.440
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.121
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.511
And I enable persistence 14.753
And I log in to a new session 10.382
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.291
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.640
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.596
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.344
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.250
And I update APT using apt 4.528
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.219
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.215
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.472
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.790
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.533
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.506
When I start Synaptic 13.054
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.499
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.070
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.528
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.801
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.765
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.319
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.850
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.466
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.990
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.128
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.985
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.536
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.910
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.607
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.045
And I enable persistence 7.186
# 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
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.232
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.327
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.843
And available upgrades have been checked 2.331
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.080
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.706
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.371
And I enable persistence 7.012
# 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 10.430
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.320
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 21.704
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.134
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.936
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.290
And I enable persistence 6.587
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 10.100
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.032
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.352
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006