Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6223 23 Mar 2026, 14:50

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 13:0.340 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
2:44.920
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 49.537
And I update APT using apt 5.682
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.373
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.898
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.211
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.972
And I enable persistence 17.250
And I log in to a new session 10.510
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.797
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.755
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.969
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.748
And I update APT using apt 4.677
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.231
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.128
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.089
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.656
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.764
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.401
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.608
When I start Synaptic 12.627
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.850
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.563
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.598
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.547
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.181
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.920
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.436
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.842
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 a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.728
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.057
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.073
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.730
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.929
And I enable persistence 6.548
# 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
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.522
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.761
And available upgrades have been checked 2.153
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.975
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.480
And I enable persistence 6.516
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.861
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.636
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.028
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.950
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 a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.936
And I enable persistence 6.855
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.928
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.632
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.352
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053