Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6121 05 Feb 2026, 11:55

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 13:43.570 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
2:55.550
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 47.821
And I update APT using apt 5.327
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.047
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.629
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.192
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.346
And I enable persistence 19.731
And I log in to a new session 11.482
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.359
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.656
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.087
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.111
And I update APT using apt 4.817
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.233
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.195
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.739
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.930
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.472
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.681
When I start Synaptic 12.342
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.564
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.783
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.583
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.682
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.666
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.329
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.543
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.931
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.068
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.467
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.554
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.826
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.596
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.702
And I enable persistence 7.465
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.849
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.910
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.090
# 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 0.091
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.335
And available upgrades have been checked 1.130
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.409
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.651
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.685
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.898
And I enable persistence 7.022
# 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 12.228
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.716
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.299
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.170
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.716
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.258
And I enable persistence 7.616
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 10.143
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.526
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.528
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008