Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6205 16 Mar 2026, 06:50

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 12:19.305 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
2:33.971
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 45.211
And I update APT using apt 4.873
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.085
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.466
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.952
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.992
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.593
And I enable persistence 14.272
And I log in to a new session 9.766
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.167
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.619
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.583
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.959
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.153
And I update APT using apt 4.202
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.258
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.231
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.870
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.887
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.183
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.582
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
When I start Synaptic 12.295
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.541
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.484
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.601
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.276
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.820
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.417
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.807
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 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.292
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 8.347
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.654
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.700
And I enable persistence 6.577
# 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
# 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 9.499
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.253
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.177
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 0.399
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.586
And I enable persistence 6.482
# 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 9.842
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.493
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 15.697
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.695
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.907
And I enable persistence 6.383
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 8.482
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.666
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.054
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015