Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6124 06 Feb 2026, 07:05

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 12:14.417 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
2:35.502
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.472
And I update APT using apt 4.892
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.227
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.344
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.016
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.002
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.867
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.101
And I enable persistence 14.450
And I log in to a new session 9.360
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.310
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.659
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.529
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.701
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.876
And I update APT using apt 4.295
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.132
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.747
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.161
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
When I start Synaptic 12.140
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.385
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.708
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.431
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.532
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.145
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.634
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.221
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.840
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.755
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.843
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.461
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.615
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.656
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.644
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.771
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.184
And I enable persistence 5.354
# 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
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.119
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.337
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.582
And available upgrades have been checked 2.137
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.472
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.510
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.555
And I enable persistence 5.607
# 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 9.275
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.398
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.633
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.109
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.623
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.526
And I enable persistence 5.495
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 8.419
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.667
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.043
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006