Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6056 13 Jan 2026, 13:17

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 12:32.355 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
2:32.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 44.708
And I update APT using apt 4.735
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.427
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.628
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.902
And I enable persistence 15.706
And I log in to a new session 9.724
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.624
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.665
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.597
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.586
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.158
And I update APT using apt 3.911
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.225
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 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.247
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.094
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.458
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
When I start Synaptic 12.091
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.451
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.848
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.417
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.629
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.206
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.008
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.813
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.416
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.099
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.678
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 8.680
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.705
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.585
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.836
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.480
And I enable persistence 5.839
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 9.601
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.705
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.841
And available upgrades have been checked 1.090
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.517
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.976
And I enable persistence 5.658
# 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 10.194
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.633
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.433
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.141
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.991
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.113
And I enable persistence 6.596
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 9.301
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.363
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.058
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006