Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6228 24 Mar 2026, 12:33

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 13:24.852 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
2:59.797
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.191
And I update APT using apt 6.541
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.892
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.971
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.247
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.654
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.264
And I enable persistence 18.049
And I log in to a new session 10.959
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.204
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.747
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.596
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.070
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.749
And I update APT using apt 4.729
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.263
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.163
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.251
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.710
When I start Synaptic 12.671
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.538
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.897
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.588
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.686
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.964
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.356
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.364
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.607
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.986
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.613
And I enable persistence 6.914
# 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 0.027
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.577
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.648
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.511
And available upgrades have been checked 2.280
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.131
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.633
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.435
And I enable persistence 6.890
# 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 11.105
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 15.436
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.829
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 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.591
And I enable persistence 5.712
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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 11.261
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.828
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.175
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025