Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6216 19 Mar 2026, 06:55

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 12:58.233 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
2:44.263
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.462
And I update APT using apt 5.167
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.497
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.720
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.082
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.038
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.613
And I enable persistence 15.285
And I log in to a new session 11.088
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.477
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.721
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.697
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.324
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.931
And I update APT using apt 4.852
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.266
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 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.536
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.611
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.221
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.550
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.571
When I start Synaptic 12.609
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.475
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.124
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.766
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.691
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.132
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.859
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.977
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.164
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 9.084
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.022
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.585
And I enable persistence 7.058
# 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 0.084
And I log in to a new session 10.376
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.288
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.074
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.839
And available upgrades have been checked 2.198
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.584
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.477
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.605
And I enable persistence 6.771
# 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 10.264
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.267
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.570
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.633
And I enable persistence 6.561
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 10.402
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.828
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.444
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022