Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6122 05 Feb 2026, 13:39

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 13:26.441 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
2:49.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.749
And I update APT using apt 5.073
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.417
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.044
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.381
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.308
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.701
And I enable persistence 18.809
And I log in to a new session 11.109
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.384
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.693
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.674
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.352
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 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.568
And I update APT using apt 5.091
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.326
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.276
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 a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.473
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.426
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.512
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
When I start Synaptic 12.956
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.806
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.205
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.509
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.587
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.229
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.390
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.206
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.716
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.170
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.112
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 8.763
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.000
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.176
And I enable persistence 5.646
# 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
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.912
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.440
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.605
And available upgrades have been checked 2.151
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.976
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.756
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.437
And I enable persistence 6.856
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.742
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.495
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.041
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.138
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.699
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.978
And I enable persistence 8.094
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 10.715
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.640
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.597
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007