Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6225 23 Mar 2026, 20:11

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 13:38.018 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
3:6.516
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 53.268
And I update APT using apt 5.521
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.419
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.991
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.411
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.261
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.452
And I enable persistence 19.528
And I log in to a new session 11.661
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.148
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.792
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.704
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.761
And I update APT using apt 4.890
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.281
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.240
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.093
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.427
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.493
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.596
When I start Synaptic 12.922
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.685
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.996
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.646
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.500
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.872
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.468
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.372
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.828
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.435
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.051
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.298
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 8.919
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.783
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.799
And I enable persistence 7.303
# 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 0.013
# 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 10.617
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.639
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.205
And available upgrades have been checked 2.174
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.618
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.292
And I enable persistence 6.549
# 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 11.094
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.230
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.452
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.792
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.371
And I enable persistence 7.282
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.898
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.721
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.264
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007