Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6120 04 Feb 2026, 17:08

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 16:3.282 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
3:56.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.505
And I update APT using apt 6.342
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 9.450
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.695
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 30.638
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.579
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.930
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.965
And I enable persistence 46.317
And I log in to a new session 16.630
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.842
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.541
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.895
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.542
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 0.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:32.173
And I update APT using apt 5.489
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.318
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.274
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:28.397
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 0.199
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.609
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.224
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.711
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
When I start Synaptic 13.668
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.950
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.296
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.807
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.824
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.240
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.953
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.786
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.197
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.343
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.275
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.295
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.653
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:32.552
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:30.422
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.333
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.571
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.655
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.151
And I enable persistence 8.797
# 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 0.019
# 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 13.467
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.332
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.107
# 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 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 13.459
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.724
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.416
And I enable persistence 8.179
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 13.277
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.687
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 25.197
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.170
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.105
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 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.280
And I enable persistence 7.790
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 12.432
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.551
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.283
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009