Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6241 27 Mar 2026, 17:35

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 12:51.630 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
2:47.383
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 48.339
And I update APT using apt 5.697
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.500
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.015
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.089
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.492
And I enable persistence 17.150
And I log in to a new session 10.151
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.197
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.670
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.660
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.241
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 0.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.897
And I update APT using apt 4.649
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.309
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.183
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.459
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.914
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.161
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.493
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.627
When I start Synaptic 12.511
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.578
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.759
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.560
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.195
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.928
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.513
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.363
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.267
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 8.595
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.802
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.627
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.367
And I enable persistence 6.431
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.637
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.520
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.819
And available upgrades have been checked 2.150
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.546
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.536
And I enable persistence 6.439
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 11.324
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.084
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.182
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.065
And I enable persistence 5.400
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.579
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.448
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.092
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006