Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6212 17 Mar 2026, 13:01

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 13:51.000 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
3:0.636
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.465
And I update APT using apt 6.474
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.358
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.131
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.328
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.685
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.339
And I enable persistence 19.262
And I log in to a new session 10.423
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.148
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.932
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.714
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.098
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.169
And I update APT using apt 4.215
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.338
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.230
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.021
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.190
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.328
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.441
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.653
When I start Synaptic 13.256
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.594
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.133
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.242
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.847
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.326
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.293
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.851
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.246
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.564
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:6.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.204
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 8.426
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.238
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.584
And I enable persistence 7.354
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 12.224
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.262
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.049
And Tor is ready 13.256
And available upgrades have been checked 1.108
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.532
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.945
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.199
And I enable persistence 7.389
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.028
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.245
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.440
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.175
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.334
And I enable persistence 7.425
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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 11.209
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.698
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.227
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007