Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6226 24 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 13:15.958 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
2:55.664
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.418
And I update APT using apt 6.310
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.409
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.104
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.065
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.143
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.982
And I enable persistence 17.944
And I log in to a new session 10.700
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.167
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.768
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.680
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.097
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.826
And I update APT using apt 4.645
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.337
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.976
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.153
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.185
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.817
When I start Synaptic 12.331
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.508
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.710
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.524
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.275
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.713
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.961
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.500
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.759
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.980
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.535
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.998
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.454
And I enable persistence 6.810
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.417
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.610
And available upgrades have been checked 0.079
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.577
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.291
And I enable persistence 6.969
# 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 10.564
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.252
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 17.554
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.087
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.460
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.913
And I enable persistence 6.716
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 10.693
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.772
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.102
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036