Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6111 31 Jan 2026, 11:48

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 13:59.402 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
2:50.739
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.784
And I update APT using apt 5.037
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.368
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.000
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.226
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.007
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.036
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.114
And I enable persistence 17.536
And I log in to a new session 9.874
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.327
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.628
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.602
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:54.269
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:41.040
And I update APT using apt 4.660
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.248
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:17.962
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.851
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.250
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.491
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.475
When I start Synaptic 12.209
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.581
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.694
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.229
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.569
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.321
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.243
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.882
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.491
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.609
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.151
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 9.034
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.720
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.125
And I enable persistence 7.134
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 9.670
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.512
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.097
And available upgrades have been checked 2.256
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.483
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.547
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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 9.523
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.730
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.071
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 23.205
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.140
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.820
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.672
And I enable persistence 6.502
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.532
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.733
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.749
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007