Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6042 07 Jan 2026, 11:27

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 14:17.522 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
2:57.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 49.813
And I update APT using apt 8.131
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.477
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.937
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.176
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.470
And I enable persistence 18.284
And I log in to a new session 12.297
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.387
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.867
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.771
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.698
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 a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.688
And I update APT using apt 5.168
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.351
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.332
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.571
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.239
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.603
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.531
When I start Synaptic 12.280
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.671
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.966
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.546
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.010
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.427
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.856
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:32.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.423
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.737
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.213
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.844
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.043
And I enable persistence 6.942
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.558
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.352
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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 42.076
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.526
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.818
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.100
And I enable persistence 7.279
# 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 10.403
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.416
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 24.075
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.120
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.861
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.172
And I enable persistence 6.872
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 12.505
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.835
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.754
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007