Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6215 18 Mar 2026, 11:03

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 13:30.213 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
2:40.610
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.436
And I update APT using apt 4.818
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.392
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.554
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.996
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.930
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.244
And I enable persistence 14.874
And I log in to a new session 9.244
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.474
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.662
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.596
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:14.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.608
And I update APT using apt 55.370
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.669
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.077
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.450
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.511
When I start Synaptic 12.634
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.603
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.157
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.277
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.276
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.827
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.494
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.284
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.596
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 8.590
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.826
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
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 38.333
And I enable persistence 6.468
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.148
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.182
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.841
And available upgrades have been checked 2.185
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.537
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.698
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.334
And I enable persistence 5.828
# 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 9.682
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.186
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.045
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.548
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.760
And I enable persistence 6.425
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
# 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 9.232
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.732
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.181
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006