Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6220 21 Mar 2026, 11:05

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 13:52.175 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
3:13.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:18.550
And I update APT using apt 5.137
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.334
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.917
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.063
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.972
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.788
And I enable persistence 17.400
And I log in to a new session 10.688
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.179
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.648
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.668
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.446
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.237
And I update APT using apt 4.568
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.317
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.062
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.409
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.321
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.496
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
When I start Synaptic 12.416
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.470
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.417
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.285
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.096
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.909
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.268
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.402
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:13.428
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.842
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 8.712
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.735
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.665
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.696
And I enable persistence 6.808
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.418
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.761
And available upgrades have been checked 1.158
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.075
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.372
And I enable persistence 5.786
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 10.428
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.261
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.974
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.730
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.162
And I enable persistence 5.453
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.910
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.745
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.224
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035