Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21811-firmware-sof-2026.09.1-1 1 06 Oct 2026, 16:04

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 13:23.172 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
3:0.069
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.664
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.759
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.457
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.156
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.936
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.586
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.977
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.145
And I enable persistence 18.984
And I log in to a new session 7.010
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.164
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.470
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.620
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.203
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.035
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.391
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.269
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.186
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.285
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
When I start Synaptic 11.759
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.374
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.535
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.537
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.492
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.686
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.143
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.377
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.927
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.329
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.631
And I enable persistence 12.134
# 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
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 8.465
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.881
And available upgrades have been checked 0.060
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.028
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.606
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.971
And I enable persistence 11.053
# 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 7.916
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.134
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 15.847
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.729
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.018
And I enable persistence 11.530
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.027
And I log in to a new session 9.386
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.807
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.630
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020