Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6070 15 Jan 2026, 17:18

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 13:17.705 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
2:43.943
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 46.300
And I update APT using apt 4.847
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.297
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.340
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.836
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.219
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.859
And I enable persistence 16.618
And I log in to a new session 11.438
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.230
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.639
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.907
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.450
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.908
And I update APT using apt 4.939
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.334
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.155
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.433
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.220
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.434
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.721
When I start Synaptic 12.300
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.634
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.374
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.587
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.278
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.185
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.780
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.406
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.874
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 8.556
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.163
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.125
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.765
And I enable persistence 5.954
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 9.975
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.762
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.090
# 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 0.073
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.884
And available upgrades have been checked 0.034
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.732
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.469
And I enable persistence 6.333
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 11.410
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.376
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 42.621
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.153
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.257
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 a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.069
And I enable persistence 6.905
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 10.438
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.048
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.208
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006