Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6114 03 Feb 2026, 08:09

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 13:21.756 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
3:7.301
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 1:18.495
And I update APT using apt 4.866
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.221
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.270
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.628
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.895
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.352
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.370
And I enable persistence 13.865
And I log in to a new session 9.471
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.570
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.547
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.535
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:50.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:37.985
And I update APT using apt 4.464
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.129
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.242
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.333
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.147
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.698
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.480
When I start Synaptic 11.883
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.322
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.819
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.143
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.390
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.191
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.215
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.753
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.233
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.457
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.232
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.631
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.675
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.634
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.205
And I enable persistence 6.486
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.170
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.355
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.620
And available upgrades have been checked 2.128
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.517
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.723
And I enable persistence 5.410
# 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 9.788
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.364
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.935
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.134
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.979
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 35.937
And I enable persistence 6.246
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 8.924
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.199
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.152
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010