Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6113 02 Feb 2026, 12:46

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 14:37.560 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
3:19.191
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 55.862
And I update APT using apt 11.138
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.717
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.164
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.679
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.190
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.095
And I enable persistence 22.707
And I log in to a new session 12.792
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.257
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.837
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.768
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.820
And I update APT using apt 5.146
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.309
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.335
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.797
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 0.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.127
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.291
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.654
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.660
When I start Synaptic 13.808
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.047
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.932
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.616
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.765
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.694
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.866
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.244
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.087
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.899
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.839
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:4.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.025
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:28.149
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.134
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.384
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.023
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.998
And I enable persistence 8.107
# 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 0.025
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 12.768
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.313
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.092
And Tor is ready 12.256
And available upgrades have been checked 0.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.543
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.478
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.959
And I enable persistence 8.242
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 11.675
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.310
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 23.369
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.147
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.565
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 0.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.258
And I enable persistence 8.806
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 11.860
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.981
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.856
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011