Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6125 06 Feb 2026, 11:52

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 17:43.573 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
3:19.690
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 50.519
And I update APT using apt 9.278
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.345
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.075
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.367
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.571
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.311
And I enable persistence 22.573
And I log in to a new session 15.619
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.791
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.079
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.818
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:40.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:24.523
And I update APT using apt 5.397
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.324
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.267
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:2.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:28.008
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.251
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.700
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.638
When I start Synaptic 14.572
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.073
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.954
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.932
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.907
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.296
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.241
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.984
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.217
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.288
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.184
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.292
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.697
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:24.558
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 0.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.831
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 9.432
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.455
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.722
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.730
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.629
And I enable persistence 8.741
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 13.835
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.859
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 15.434
And available upgrades have been checked 0.101
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.743
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:7.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.744
And I enable persistence 7.944
# 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
And I log in to a new session 13.353
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.787
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 23.560
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.187
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:16.426
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 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.495
And I enable persistence 8.592
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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 11.011
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.427
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.136
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011