Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 3 02 Sep 2026, 18:16

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 12:32.977 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
2:34.981
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.030
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.582
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.121
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.131
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.658
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.871
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.943
And I enable persistence 20.414
And I log in to a new session 8.470
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.153
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.676
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.666
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.823
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.515
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.811
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.191
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 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.291
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.695
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.161
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.571
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.464
When I start Synaptic 12.155
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.186
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.856
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.368
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.578
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.512
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.422
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.308
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.935
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.414
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.387
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.263
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 6.039
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.022
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.473
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.680
And I enable persistence 12.739
# 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
# 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 7.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.201
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.868
And available upgrades have been checked 1.113
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.781
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.412
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.029
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.861
And I enable persistence 11.600
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.438
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 17.186
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.495
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 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.622
And I enable persistence 11.785
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 8.038
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.188
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.444
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007