Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6236 26 Mar 2026, 07:02

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 13:54.308 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
2:46.228
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 47.700
And I update APT using apt 6.156
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.142
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.777
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.290
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.717
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.312
And I enable persistence 15.834
And I log in to a new session 10.264
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.188
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.747
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.658
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:57.374
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:42.139
And I update APT using apt 4.561
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.305
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.246
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.432
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.091
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.373
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.445
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.697
When I start Synaptic 12.589
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.476
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.900
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.607
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.278
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.969
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.842
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:9.193
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.863
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 8.466
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.384
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.531
And I enable persistence 5.678
# 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 0.084
And I log in to a new session 11.845
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.012
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.558
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.864
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.241
And I enable persistence 6.634
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.472
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.271
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.078
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.378
And I enable persistence 5.437
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.087
And I log in to a new session 10.003
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.745
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.270
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007