Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21811-firmware-sof-2026.09.1-1 4 08 Oct 2026, 02:17

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 12:45.760 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
2:56.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.223
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.415
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.378
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.002
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.588
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.613
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.370
And I enable persistence 17.829
And I log in to a new session 8.298
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.110
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.635
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.561
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.731
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.560
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.347
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.185
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.876
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.118
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.562
When I start Synaptic 11.971
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.228
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.813
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.312
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.501
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.172
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.255
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.354
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.241
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.645
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.939
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.479
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.066
And I enable persistence 12.595
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.036
And I log in to a new session 8.200
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.173
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.224
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.653
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.433
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.614
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.412
And I enable persistence 10.540
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 7.669
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.440
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 14.044
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.474
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.647
And I enable persistence 10.249
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 6.464
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.581
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.385
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006