Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6238 26 Mar 2026, 12:51

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 13:12.360 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
3:11.661
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 1:15.843
And I update APT using apt 4.981
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.469
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.621
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.550
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.148
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.202
And I enable persistence 16.216
And I log in to a new session 10.050
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.106
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.736
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.571
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.427
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.356
And I update APT using apt 4.451
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.274
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.333
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.369
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.156
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
When I start Synaptic 12.308
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.546
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.254
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.502
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.751
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.636
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.403
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.839
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.513
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.506
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.938
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.932
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.677
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.289
And I enable persistence 6.730
# 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
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.505
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.206
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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.709
And available upgrades have been checked 1.087
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.992
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.322
And I enable persistence 6.897
# 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 10.231
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.224
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 16.808
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.425
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.569
And I enable persistence 6.976
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
# 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 9.723
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.200
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.306
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006