Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6208 16 Mar 2026, 15:33

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 13:48.907 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
2:54.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.798
And I update APT using apt 5.215
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.378
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.977
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.618
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.114
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.998
And I enable persistence 18.936
And I log in to a new session 12.810
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.458
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.636
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.741
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.023
And I update APT using apt 5.015
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.285
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.183
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.202
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.718
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.537
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
When I start Synaptic 13.031
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.364
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.861
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.477
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.249
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.523
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.779
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.435
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.354
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.921
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.655
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:13.765
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.037
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.862
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.040
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.719
And I enable persistence 6.937
# 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 0.015
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.820
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.201
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.547
And available upgrades have been checked 2.189
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.178
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.731
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.078
And I enable persistence 6.722
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.486
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.266
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 41.683
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.410
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.934
And I enable persistence 7.162
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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.570
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.283
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.790
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010