Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6221 22 Mar 2026, 11:25

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 14:28.852 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
2:59.255
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.166
And I update APT using apt 6.207
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.311
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 19.957
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.233
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.974
And I enable persistence 18.435
And I log in to a new session 12.033
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.196
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.727
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.654
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:2.287
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.461
And I update APT using apt 5.067
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.402
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.224
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 1:44.898
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.222
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.517
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
When I start Synaptic 12.183
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.540
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.155
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.666
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.446
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.377
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.962
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.363
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.617
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:12.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.471
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.027
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.968
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.089
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.433
And I enable persistence 6.743
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 10.975
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.260
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.491
And available upgrades have been checked 3.304
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.562
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.741
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.632
And I enable persistence 7.293
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.544
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.556
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 42.620
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.918
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.176
And I enable persistence 8.956
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.070
# 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 0.099
And I log in to a new session 10.855
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.938
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.277
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007