Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6231 25 Mar 2026, 12:59

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 14:7.011 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
2:55.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.633
And I update APT using apt 5.728
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.312
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.869
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.302
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.179
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.255
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.794
And I enable persistence 18.202
And I log in to a new session 12.029
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.180
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.812
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.664
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.114
And I update APT using apt 5.414
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.342
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.140
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.260
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.125
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.476
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.651
When I start Synaptic 12.636
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.565
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.633
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.637
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.529
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.288
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.621
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.943
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.488
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.439
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.013
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.036
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.882
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.522
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.680
And I enable persistence 7.253
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.019
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.243
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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.450
And available upgrades have been checked 2.214
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.744
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.907
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.803
And I enable persistence 7.484
# 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 10.786
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
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.883
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.110
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.917
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.586
And I enable persistence 6.995
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 11.961
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.930
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.765
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008