Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6230 25 Mar 2026, 11:23

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 13:4.988 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
2:56.082
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.786
And I update APT using apt 6.118
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.787
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.557
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.210
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.208
And I enable persistence 15.891
And I log in to a new session 10.501
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.145
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.669
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.651
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.036
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.091
And I update APT using apt 4.984
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.289
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.161
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.500
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.518
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
When I start Synaptic 12.123
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.437
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.568
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.492
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.690
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.222
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.463
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.021
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.419
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.688
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.956
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 8.882
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.259
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.808
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.572
And I enable persistence 6.426
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.227
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.193
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.685
And available upgrades have been checked 1.127
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.110
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.518
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.987
And I enable persistence 6.788
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.303
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.588
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.132
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.385
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 0.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.856
And I enable persistence 6.692
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.637
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.746
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.102
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016