Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6108 30 Jan 2026, 14:44

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 13:45.060 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
2:56.858
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 50.540
And I update APT using apt 6.089
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.104
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.091
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.289
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.986
And I enable persistence 17.093
And I log in to a new session 10.789
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.387
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.721
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.712
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.197
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.196
And I update APT using apt 5.268
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.276
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.287
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.942
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.663
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.601
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.705
When I start Synaptic 12.636
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.653
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.754
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.527
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.789
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.295
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.822
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.518
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:0.832
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.275
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.251
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.888
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.759
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.145
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.408
And I enable persistence 7.460
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 10.252
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.516
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.722
And available upgrades have been checked 2.185
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.520
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.851
And I enable persistence 6.777
# 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 12.335
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.416
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.449
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.202
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.228
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.433
And I enable persistence 7.116
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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 10.519
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.172
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.343
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035