Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6119 04 Feb 2026, 13:34

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 13:38.783 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
2:50.093
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.912
And I update APT using apt 5.460
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.397
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.013
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.155
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.593
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.207
And I enable persistence 17.119
And I log in to a new session 11.952
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.316
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.738
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.702
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.054
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.666
And I update APT using apt 4.787
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.299
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.203
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.897
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.385
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.751
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.683
When I start Synaptic 12.467
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.787
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.650
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.644
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.938
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.443
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.173
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.884
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.489
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.153
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.115
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.171
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.982
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.350
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.387
And I enable persistence 6.946
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 12.467
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.715
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.084
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.866
And available upgrades have been checked 2.237
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.955
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.529
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.772
And I enable persistence 6.760
# 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 12.598
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.745
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 22.271
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.188
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.309
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.771
And I enable persistence 7.041
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 10.855
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.664
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.356
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007