Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6118 04 Feb 2026, 11:27

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 12:25.573 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
2:37.292
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 44.906
And I update APT using apt 4.582
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.978
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.749
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 3.102
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.872
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.796
And I enable persistence 15.231
And I log in to a new session 10.269
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.215
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.565
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.566
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.273
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.508
And I update APT using apt 4.275
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.228
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.161
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.773
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.308
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.192
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.438
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.476
When I start Synaptic 12.266
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.388
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.212
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.413
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.592
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.538
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.237
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.926
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.771
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.435
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.223
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 8.572
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.705
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.553
And I enable persistence 5.483
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.574
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.367
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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.592
And available upgrades have been checked 2.134
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.475
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.609
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.822
And I enable persistence 6.363
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.234
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.296
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.909
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.139
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.798
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.833
And I enable persistence 5.533
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.218
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.452
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.207
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006