Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6116 03 Feb 2026, 19:31

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 15:35.741 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
3:9.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.185
And I update APT using apt 8.499
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.336
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.844
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.031
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.147
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.750
And I enable persistence 19.097
And I log in to a new session 10.312
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.299
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.785
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.703
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.175
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.395
And I update APT using apt 5.036
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.278
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.227
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.728
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.181
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.767
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I start Synaptic 13.423
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.747
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.064
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.622
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.690
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.609
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.104
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.941
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.983
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.600
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:17.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.505
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.905
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.607
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.744
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.745
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.394
And I enable persistence 7.651
# 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
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 12.143
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.371
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 41.358
And available upgrades have been checked 0.049
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.648
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.514
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.754
And I enable persistence 7.711
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 11.372
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.305
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 23.077
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:16.044
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 0.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.384
And I enable persistence 8.504
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.075
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.753
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.383
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.279
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009