Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6207 16 Mar 2026, 12:48

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 13:59.076 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
2:53.992
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 51.421
And I update APT using apt 5.454
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.466
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.645
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.885
And I enable persistence 17.766
And I log in to a new session 11.643
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.868
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.773
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.185
And I update APT using apt 4.725
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.305
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.205
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.726
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.936
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.495
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
When I start Synaptic 12.758
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.593
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.540
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.440
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.560
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.764
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.549
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:20.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.841
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.872
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.083
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.790
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.365
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.457
And I enable persistence 6.757
# 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 10.618
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.747
And available upgrades have been checked 1.122
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.522
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.652
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.138
And I enable persistence 6.897
# 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 12.817
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.073
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 42.561
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.086
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.021
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.687
And I enable persistence 7.258
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.365
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.801
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.258
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007