Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6099 28 Jan 2026, 22:33

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 14:7.551 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
3:15.340
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 1:18.763
And I update APT using apt 4.747
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.299
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.781
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.696
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.077
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.035
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.389
And I enable persistence 15.589
And I log in to a new session 10.199
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.232
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.682
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.658
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.234
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.990
And I update APT using apt 4.688
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.181
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.234
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.519
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.687
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.419
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
When I start Synaptic 12.251
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.563
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.318
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.790
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.477
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.638
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.585
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.956
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.527
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:17.550
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.942
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.841
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.837
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.006
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.740
And I enable persistence 6.706
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.931
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.628
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.078
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.856
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.499
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.342
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.382
And I enable persistence 7.574
# 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 11.088
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.274
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.996
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.186
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.906
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.619
And I enable persistence 6.508
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.399
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.439
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.320
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006