Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6031 02 Jan 2026, 09:37

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 16:26.955 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
3:34.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.735
And I update APT using apt 6.525
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.684
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.737
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.506
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.232
And I enable persistence 28.015
And I log in to a new session 16.543
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.784
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.388
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.877
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:15.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:59.053
And I update APT using apt 5.459
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.404
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.273
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:34.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:5.519
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.222
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.655
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.693
When I start Synaptic 14.720
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.048
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.386
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.775
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.572
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.864
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.277
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.453
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.894
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.720
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:44.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.112
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.525
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.550
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.805
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.041
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.445
And I enable persistence 7.866
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.105
And I log in to a new session 14.115
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.422
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.173
# 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 0.105
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 13.157
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.383
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.199
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.014
And I enable persistence 8.802
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 14.205
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.365
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.088
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 23.973
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.167
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.755
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.795
And I enable persistence 8.481
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.722
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.597
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.233
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009