Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6044 08 Jan 2026, 18:21

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 12:35.829 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
2:35.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.308
And I update APT using apt 4.945
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.339
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.792
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.013
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.864
And I enable persistence 16.336
And I log in to a new session 10.564
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.285
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.660
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.866
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.615
And I update APT using apt 4.733
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.248
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.153
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.404
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.215
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.515
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
When I start Synaptic 12.373
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.155
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.140
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.656
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.440
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.691
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.218
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.843
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.490
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.282
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.949
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.109
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.033
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.988
And I enable persistence 6.296
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.570
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.367
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.891
And available upgrades have been checked 1.151
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.547
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.608
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.392
And I enable persistence 6.502
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 10.092
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.340
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.580
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.189
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.349
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.187
And I enable persistence 6.520
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.727
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.072
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.292
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009