Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6061 14 Jan 2026, 13:59

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 13:29.723 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
2:49.490
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 48.024
And I update APT using apt 5.521
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.413
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.812
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.123
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.447
And I enable persistence 17.167
And I log in to a new session 11.955
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.669
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.718
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.825
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.635
And I update APT using apt 4.836
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.282
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.205
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.932
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.238
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.452
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.804
When I start Synaptic 12.397
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.545
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.658
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.292
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.053
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.505
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.800
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.908
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.860
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.590
And I enable persistence 7.096
# 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 0.035
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 11.198
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.308
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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.190
And available upgrades have been checked 2.190
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.027
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.994
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.905
And I enable persistence 6.963
# 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 0.017
And I log in to a new session 10.677
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.679
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.417
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.139
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.552
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.715
And I enable persistence 6.039
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.129
And I log in to a new session 11.023
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.604
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.405
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008