Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6126 07 Feb 2026, 11:56

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 14:27.581 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
2:58.877
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 50.641
And I update APT using apt 5.662
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.245
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.513
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.310
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.133
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.396
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.589
And I enable persistence 18.309
And I log in to a new session 11.896
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.386
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.764
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.812
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:1.286
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:47.054
And I update APT using apt 5.608
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.304
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.175
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.413
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.487
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
When I start Synaptic 12.397
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.513
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.808
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.608
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.765
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.545
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.510
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.488
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.996
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.491
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.098
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 1:22.055
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 9.264
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.283
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.443
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.117
And I enable persistence 7.690
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 10.870
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.477
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.802
And available upgrades have been checked 2.272
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.619
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.984
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.044
And I enable persistence 6.919
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 12.202
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.427
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 24.778
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.158
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.035
Given a computer 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.275
And I enable persistence 7.392
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 10.590
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.209
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.437
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007