Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6240 27 Mar 2026, 11:02

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 12:51.377 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
2:44.749
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 46.041
And I update APT using apt 5.559
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.319
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.963
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.236
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.694
And I enable persistence 16.107
And I log in to a new session 10.129
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.192
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.632
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.611
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.208
And I update APT using apt 4.706
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.345
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.962
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.192
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.794
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
When I start Synaptic 12.078
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.402
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.686
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.233
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.429
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
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 3.189
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.923
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.143
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.574
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 8.451
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.062
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.722
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.347
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.467
And I enable persistence 5.458
# 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 0.033
# 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 11.150
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.947
And available upgrades have been checked 1.085
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.481
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.356
And I enable persistence 5.643
# 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 12.316
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.549
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.681
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.038
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.295
And I enable persistence 6.852
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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.846
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.652
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.058
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007