Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6106 30 Jan 2026, 08:18

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 14:7.312 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
3:2.920
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.309
And I update APT using apt 7.566
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.134
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.263
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.189
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.622
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.684
And I enable persistence 18.571
And I log in to a new session 11.263
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.243
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.835
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.698
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.491
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.519
And I update APT using apt 5.254
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.246
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.230
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.583
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.261
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.636
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.611
When I start Synaptic 13.834
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.754
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.365
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.620
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.680
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.048
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.550
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.891
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.579
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.294
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 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.533
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 9.207
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.024
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.728
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.369
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.131
And I enable persistence 7.412
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.105
And I log in to a new session 10.333
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.380
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.265
And available upgrades have been checked 0.084
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.685
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.754
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.857
And I enable persistence 7.804
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 10.298
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.323
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 22.889
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.144
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.022
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.876
And I enable persistence 7.384
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.073
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 11.395
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.871
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.762
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009