Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6244 29 Mar 2026, 08:07

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 13:29.846 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
2:54.599
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 51.200
And I update APT using apt 5.521
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.344
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.277
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.371
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.113
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.809
And I enable persistence 16.705
And I log in to a new session 11.253
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.149
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.690
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.684
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.409
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.619
And I update APT using apt 5.189
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.291
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.176
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:3.091
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.450
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674
When I start Synaptic 12.830
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.793
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.403
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.707
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.250
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.891
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.429
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 1:19.264
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.524
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.967
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.208
And I enable persistence 6.571
# 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
# 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 0.092
And I log in to a new session 11.310
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 0.048
# 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 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.911
And available upgrades have been checked 2.168
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.533
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.329
And I enable persistence 6.557
# 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 11.905
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.234
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.649
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.723
And I enable persistence 6.677
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 10.808
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.796
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.284
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013