Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 2 02 Sep 2026, 18:18

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 12:34.533 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
2:43.057
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.588
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.496
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.758
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.805
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.611
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.942
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.677
And I enable persistence 21.430
And I log in to a new session 8.014
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.169
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.659
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.580
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.332
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.410
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.137
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.153
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.091
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.573
When I start Synaptic 12.050
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.191
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.268
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.841
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.297
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.522
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.108
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.769
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.691
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.235
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.493
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.877
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.845
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.771
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.887
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.831
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.072
And I enable persistence 12.945
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 8.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.339
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.746
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.835
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.874
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.621
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.449
And I enable persistence 12.475
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 8.317
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.139
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 16.763
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.605
And I enable persistence 12.610
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 8.733
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.715
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.967
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035