Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6209 16 Mar 2026, 16:45

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 12:52.732 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
2:44.442
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.775
And I update APT using apt 4.975
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.299
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.886
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.826
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.330
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.335
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.583
And I enable persistence 15.282
And I log in to a new session 10.020
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.561
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.738
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.687
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.934
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.158
And I update APT using apt 5.192
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.672
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 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.159
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.538
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
When I start Synaptic 12.314
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.598
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.719
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.528
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.266
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.989
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.429
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.197
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.717
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 8.794
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.326
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.766
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.270
And I enable persistence 6.468
# 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 0.012
# 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 10.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.481
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.806
And available upgrades have been checked 1.125
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.515
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.631
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.465
And I enable persistence 6.475
# 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 10.498
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.210
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.462
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.485
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.032
And I enable persistence 5.656
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.665
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.718
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.144
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009