Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6123 05 Feb 2026, 15:22

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 16:24.457 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
3:36.889
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 1:0.936
And I update APT using apt 6.093
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.473
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.781
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.203
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.466
And I enable persistence 25.991
And I log in to a new session 13.318
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.316
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.977
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.927
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.572
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 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:29.067
And I update APT using apt 5.295
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.523
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.431
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:42.258
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.177
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.248
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.720
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.652
When I start Synaptic 14.150
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.944
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.141
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.763
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.678
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.590
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.165
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.087
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.233
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.705
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:57.798
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 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.435
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.543
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.702
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.456
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.035
And I enable persistence 10.875
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 12.264
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.374
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 14.591
And available upgrades have been checked 0.070
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.174
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.688
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.489
And I enable persistence 11.050
# 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 0.035
And I log in to a new session 13.435
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.732
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 26.438
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.167
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:21.937
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.581
And I enable persistence 7.739
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 13.999
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.158
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.576
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028