Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6211 17 Mar 2026, 11:21

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 13:12.840 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
2:52.501
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.619
And I update APT using apt 5.224
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.297
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.748
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.622
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.007
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.134
And I enable persistence 17.243
And I log in to a new session 10.703
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.767
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.784
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.785
And I update APT using apt 4.962
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.257
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.537
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 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.466
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.583
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.631
When I start Synaptic 12.731
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.573
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.700
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.759
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.657
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.209
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.840
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.073
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.037
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.534
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.676
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.343
And I enable persistence 6.945
# 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
# 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 9.372
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.276
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.994
And available upgrades have been checked 2.186
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.429
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.681
And I enable persistence 5.593
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.851
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.320
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.081
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.657
And I enable persistence 6.706
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 9.982
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.627
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.188
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009