Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21811-firmware-sof-2026.09.1-1 3 07 Oct 2026, 13:51

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 13:21.787 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
3:3.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.342
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.245
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.473
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.599
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.786
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.555
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.955
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.966
And I enable persistence 20.649
And I log in to a new session 7.864
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.168
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.556
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.526
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.681
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.527
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.374
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.413
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.223
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.967
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.133
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.568
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
When I start Synaptic 12.035
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.325
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.623
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.277
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.597
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.143
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.282
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.558
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.154
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.891
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.939
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.229
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.484
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 5.071
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.831
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.535
And I enable persistence 13.391
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.843
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.182
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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.594
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.391
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.424
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.485
And I enable persistence 12.402
# 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 0.004
And I log in to a new session 8.021
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 14.553
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.624
And I enable persistence 13.456
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 7.925
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.242
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.445
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010