Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6239 27 Mar 2026, 06:59

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 12:22.459 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
2:33.867
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 45.230
And I update APT using apt 5.143
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.375
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.679
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.021
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.952
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.855
And I enable persistence 14.520
And I log in to a new session 9.301
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.150
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.690
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.608
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.620
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.694
And I update APT using apt 4.446
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.240
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.755
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.251
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.210
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.392
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.484
When I start Synaptic 12.080
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.342
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.494
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.558
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.217
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.090
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.819
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.138
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.008
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 a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.299
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.253
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.745
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.963
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.627
And I enable persistence 5.548
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 8.845
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.460
And available upgrades have been checked 1.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.480
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.074
And I enable persistence 6.232
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 8.951
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.218
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 15.778
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.207
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.356
And I enable persistence 5.651
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.275
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.251
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.101
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006