Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6214 18 Mar 2026, 07:13

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 12:30.658 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
2:43.629
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 48.670
And I update APT using apt 5.088
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.770
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.526
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.004
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.493
And I enable persistence 15.532
And I log in to a new session 8.576
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.150
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.734
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.602
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.872
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.962
And I update APT using apt 4.400
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.255
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.652
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.181
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.708
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
When I start Synaptic 12.719
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.545
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.629
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.457
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.231
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.981
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.788
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.426
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.610
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.881
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 8.398
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.640
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.651
And I enable persistence 5.512
# 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
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.382
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.473
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.568
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.452
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.637
And I enable persistence 5.483
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.834
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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 16.611
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.075
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" with network unplugged 36.119
And I enable persistence 5.433
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.636
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.304
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.055
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006