Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6245 29 Mar 2026, 10:56

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 12:28.446 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
2:32.684
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 46.119
And I update APT using apt 4.938
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.237
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.901
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.867
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.913
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.619
And I enable persistence 15.138
And I log in to a new session 10.517
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.135
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.600
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 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.053
And I update APT using apt 4.310
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.178
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.200
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.661
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.925
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.150
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.493
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
When I start Synaptic 12.371
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.343
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.302
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.258
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.053
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.801
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.394
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.024
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.813
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 8.719
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.662
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.429
And I enable persistence 5.365
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 9.349
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 0.036
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.832
And available upgrades have been checked 2.170
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.487
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.525
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.528
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.430
And I enable persistence 5.459
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 8.791
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
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.725
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.818
And I enable persistence 5.559
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.199
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.582
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.105
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025