Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6115 03 Feb 2026, 12:14

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 13:15.133 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
2:45.547
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 47.180
And I update APT using apt 5.802
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.227
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.501
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.085
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.141
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.912
And I enable persistence 14.522
And I log in to a new session 9.919
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.308
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.883
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.738
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.168
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.629
And I update APT using apt 4.887
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.254
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.812
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.043
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.285
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.447
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.480
When I start Synaptic 12.804
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.499
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.816
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.218
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.308
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.389
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.986
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.236
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.411
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.422
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.596
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.576
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.681
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.650
And I enable persistence 6.532
# 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
# 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 10.475
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.823
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.267
And available upgrades have been checked 2.215
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.527
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.521
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.758
And I enable persistence 5.464
# 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 12.512
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.340
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.283
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.199
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.492
And I enable persistence 6.791
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 9.534
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.574
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.243
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007