Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6117 04 Feb 2026, 08:03

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 13:24.121 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
3:19.499
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 1:19.033
And I update APT using apt 5.370
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.185
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.645
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.234
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.277
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.242
And I enable persistence 17.656
And I log in to a new session 9.622
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.378
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.729
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.657
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.609
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 a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.393
And I update APT using apt 4.519
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.241
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.225
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.415
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.218
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.436
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.620
When I start Synaptic 13.107
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.153
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.900
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.497
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.896
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.493
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.564
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.588
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.336
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.135
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.138
And I enable persistence 5.689
# 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 0.014
# 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 11.112
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.315
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.117
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.039
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.042
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.142
And I enable persistence 6.979
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 9.455
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.320
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 21.863
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.146
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.040
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.530
And I enable persistence 6.734
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.399
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.701
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.083
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008