Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6219 20 Mar 2026, 11:07

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 13:35.777 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
2:51.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.619
And I update APT using apt 4.752
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.239
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.612
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.192
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.695
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.446
And I enable persistence 18.940
And I log in to a new session 10.037
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.161
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.855
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.680
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.858
And I update APT using apt 4.865
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.330
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.311
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.506
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.512
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.441
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.487
When I start Synaptic 12.413
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.293
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.263
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.629
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.750
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.420
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.498
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.951
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.484
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.226
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.930
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.065
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.855
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.777
And I enable persistence 5.939
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 11.978
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.299
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.139
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.096
And available upgrades have been checked 2.159
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.634
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.894
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.107
And I enable persistence 7.545
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 11.569
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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 16.081
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.077
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.105
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.448
And I enable persistence 7.744
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 12.094
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.992
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.081
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007