Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6210 17 Mar 2026, 07:14

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 12:21.522 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
2:40.840
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 48.525
And I update APT using apt 4.868
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.299
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.919
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.925
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.108
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.093
And I enable persistence 16.179
And I log in to a new session 9.375
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.622
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.593
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.806
And I update APT using apt 4.468
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.834
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.621
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.449
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
When I start Synaptic 12.651
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.360
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.843
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.671
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.486
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.151
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.859
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.412
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.513
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.138
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 8.637
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.588
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.168
And I enable persistence 5.612
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.999
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.601
And available upgrades have been checked 1.104
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.475
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.353
And I enable persistence 5.421
# 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 9.101
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 15.748
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.501
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.544
And I enable persistence 5.668
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 9.150
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.628
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.293
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022