Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6227 24 Mar 2026, 12:04

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 12:45.822 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
2:45.240
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 47.745
And I update APT using apt 5.417
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.433
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.523
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.140
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.895
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.082
And I enable persistence 17.415
And I log in to a new session 10.604
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.129
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.700
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.738
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.681
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.358
And I update APT using apt 4.642
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.299
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.671
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.731
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.810
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
When I start Synaptic 12.416
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.553
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.947
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.483
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.429
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.361
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.320
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.078
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.390
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.402
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.120
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.039
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.742
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.956
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.361
And I enable persistence 6.205
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 10.212
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.251
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.508
And available upgrades have been checked 1.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.443
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.007
And I enable persistence 5.684
# 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 10.185
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.284
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.203
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.079
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.379
And I enable persistence 6.415
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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.292
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.663
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.063
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028