Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6229 24 Mar 2026, 18:09

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 12:5.957 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
2:35.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 46.909
And I update APT using apt 4.652
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.105
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.087
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.952
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.089
And I enable persistence 13.988
And I log in to a new session 10.005
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.116
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.695
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.610
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.606
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.241
And I update APT using apt 4.882
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.224
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.451
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.494
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.563
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.533
When I start Synaptic 12.245
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.561
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.247
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.560
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.201
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.190
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.757
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.900
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.562
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.526
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.605
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.400
And I enable persistence 6.133
# 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
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.429
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.176
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.365
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.505
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.580
And I enable persistence 5.558
# 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 9.862
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.233
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 15.765
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.367
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.826
And I enable persistence 6.348
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 9.285
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.749
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.925
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020