Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6112 01 Feb 2026, 11:36

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 13:49.167 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
2:49.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 48.376
And I update APT using apt 5.031
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.204
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.169
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.135
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.319
And I enable persistence 17.798
And I log in to a new session 10.236
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.265
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.625
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:55.517
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:42.213
And I update APT using apt 4.715
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.291
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.773
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.097
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.416
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.550
When I start Synaptic 12.997
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.615
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.052
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.765
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.204
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.606
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.962
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.484
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.579
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.096
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.513
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.148
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.326
And I enable persistence 5.516
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.801
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.406
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.577
And available upgrades have been checked 1.104
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.972
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.541
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.797
And I enable persistence 7.399
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 10.624
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.318
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 22.157
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.132
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.624
And I enable persistence 6.825
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.203
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.592
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.057
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036