Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6127 08 Feb 2026, 12:55

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 16:42.726 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
3:42.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.846
And I update APT using apt 6.896
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.990
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 27.790
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.589
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.582
And I enable persistence 29.146
And I log in to a new session 14.508
And the Additional Software installation service has started 14.545
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.046
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.775
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:51.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:34.375
And I update APT using apt 5.560
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.347
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.455
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:31.853
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 0.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.435
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.611
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.689
When I start Synaptic 15.725
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.937
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.231
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.657
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.798
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.733
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.771
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.324
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.038
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.492
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.254
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.631
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:14.646
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.390
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.834
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.525
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.172
And I enable persistence 10.178
# 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 0.020
# 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 12.311
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.342
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.104
# 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 0.058
And Tor is ready 13.998
And available upgrades have been checked 0.072
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.009
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.866
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.117
And I enable persistence 18.113
# 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
And I log in to a new session 14.212
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.366
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 26.566
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.202
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:22.632
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 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.942
And I enable persistence 8.852
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 12.955
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.840
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.239
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010