Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6109 30 Jan 2026, 15:08

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 12:13.686 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
2:34.869
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 43.653
And I update APT using apt 4.966
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.181
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.026
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.147
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.008
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.459
And I enable persistence 15.676
And I log in to a new session 9.758
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.565
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.624
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.576
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.157
And I update APT using apt 4.327
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.222
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.578
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.443
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.212
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.398
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
When I start Synaptic 11.988
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.429
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.155
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.417
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.289
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.857
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.778
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.449
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.938
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.383
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 8.413
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.716
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.229
And I enable persistence 5.441
# 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 9.204
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.358
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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.510
And available upgrades have been checked 1.113
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.538
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.486
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.350
And I enable persistence 6.242
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.005
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.353
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 21.573
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.126
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.294
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" with network unplugged 34.462
And I enable persistence 6.281
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
# 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 8.617
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.389
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.006
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013