Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6222 23 Mar 2026, 11:23

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 13:45.843 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
2:54.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 53.967
And I update APT using apt 5.658
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.148
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.035
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.143
And I enable persistence 17.786
And I log in to a new session 11.297
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.149
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.671
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.620
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:56.021
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 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:42.870
And I update APT using apt 4.521
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.361
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.440
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.656
When I start Synaptic 12.528
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.551
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.264
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.547
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.250
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.208
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.242
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.938
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.448
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.557
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.747
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.841
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.068
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.015
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.086
And I enable persistence 5.662
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 9.771
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.480
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.956
And available upgrades have been checked 0.049
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.511
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.517
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.944
And I enable persistence 6.806
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.799
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.248
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.412
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.072
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.796
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.619
And I enable persistence 7.204
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.080
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 9.395
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.654
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.291
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007