Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6128 09 Feb 2026, 11:34

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 13:12.066 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
2:50.189
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 50.230
And I update APT using apt 5.342
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.668
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.136
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.078
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.037
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.906
And I enable persistence 17.347
And I log in to a new session 10.386
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.302
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.643
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.615
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.626
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.155
And I update APT using apt 4.824
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 2.193
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.492
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.156
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.165
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.530
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.759
When I start Synaptic 12.488
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.469
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.632
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.550
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.279
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.413
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.868
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.472
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:52.635
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 a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.835
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 8.818
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.189
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.744
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.962
And I enable persistence 5.744
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.252
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.245
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 11.872
And available upgrades have been checked 3.195
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.480
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.616
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.106
And I enable persistence 6.891
# 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 11.477
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.243
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.568
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.187
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.240
And I enable persistence 6.967
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
# 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 10.320
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.545
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.415
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042