Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6110 31 Jan 2026, 07:42

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 12:48.203 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
3:5.176
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:14.267
And I update APT using apt 4.873
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.339
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.218
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.025
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.847
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.969
And I enable persistence 15.915
And I log in to a new session 8.764
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.248
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.604
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.612
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 4.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.890
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.837
And I update APT using apt 4.550
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.254
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.140
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.821
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.490
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.456
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.523
When I start Synaptic 11.926
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.350
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.602
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.401
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.574
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.259
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.008
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.751
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.430
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.111
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.516
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.316
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.640
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.962
And I enable persistence 5.524
# 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 0.014
# 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 9.606
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.270
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.169
And available upgrades have been checked 1.090
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.969
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.593
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.464
And I enable persistence 5.430
# 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 9.991
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.378
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.009
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.154
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.202
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.602
And I enable persistence 6.498
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.231
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.236
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.113
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006