Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6213 17 Mar 2026, 20:26

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 14:15.749 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
2:55.439
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 50.429
And I update APT using apt 6.155
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.099
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.085
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.189
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.933
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.548
And I enable persistence 17.634
And I log in to a new session 12.083
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.189
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.808
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.833
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:12.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.501
And I update APT using apt 4.997
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 21.651
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.211
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.650
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.098
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.430
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.784
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.623
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.536
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.933
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.730
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.300
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.418
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.437
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.281
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.450
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.332
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 8.263
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.210
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.347
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.067
And I enable persistence 6.906
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.095
And I log in to a new session 11.263
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.808
And available upgrades have been checked 2.167
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.517
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.951
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.420
And I enable persistence 7.141
# 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 0.027
And I log in to a new session 11.755
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.209
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 15.202
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.551
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.390
And I enable persistence 7.249
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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.100
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.749
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.412
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013