Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6243 28 Mar 2026, 11:31

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 12:58.784 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
2:56.981
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 51.947
And I update APT using apt 6.530
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.465
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.144
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.995
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.189
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.720
And I enable persistence 16.639
And I log in to a new session 10.497
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.175
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.771
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.605
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.431
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 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.724
And I update APT using apt 5.121
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.259
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.027
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.677
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.521
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.806
When I start Synaptic 12.552
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.607
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.376
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.266
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.886
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.003
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.342
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 8.442
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.294
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.034
And I enable persistence 6.338
# 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
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.359
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.741
And available upgrades have been checked 2.173
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.482
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.498
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.990
And I enable persistence 5.849
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.812
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.528
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.341
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.245
And I enable persistence 5.600
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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.396
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.695
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.182
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006