Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6107 30 Jan 2026, 12:43

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 17:59.239 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
3:38.119
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.657
And I update APT using apt 5.842
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.741
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.768
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.356
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.567
And I enable persistence 37.646
And I log in to a new session 15.742
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.774
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.147
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.775
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 11.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:38.308
And I update APT using apt 5.737
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.304
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.334
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:39.188
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 3:7.116
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.620
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
When I start Synaptic 13.130
And I update APT using Synaptic 24.712
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 16.367
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.148
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.830
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.562
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.737
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.243
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.028
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.049
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.210
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.658
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.350
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:6.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.119
Given a computer 2.350
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.437
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.392
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.528
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.491
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.939
And I enable persistence 10.020
# 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 0.027
# 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 0.139
And I log in to a new session 14.024
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.329
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 15.993
And available upgrades have been checked 0.060
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.008
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.565
And I enable persistence 10.475
# 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 0.030
And I log in to a new session 16.742
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 20.400
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 23.601
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.172
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:29.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.658
And I enable persistence 10.642
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.085
# 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 17.883
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.627
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.212
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011