Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6066 15 Jan 2026, 07:23

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 13:44.293 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
2:46.864
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.676
And I update APT using apt 5.079
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.424
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.833
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.091
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.784
And I enable persistence 17.713
And I log in to a new session 10.033
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.329
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.631
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.654
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.735
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.175
And I update APT using apt 4.937
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.302
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.046
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.966
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.444
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
When I start Synaptic 12.537
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.539
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.556
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.563
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.665
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.283
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 0.838
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.428
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:22.521
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.415
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 8.792
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.971
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.928
And I enable persistence 6.438
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.991
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.428
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.268
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.059
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.842
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.728
And I enable persistence 6.980
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 12.204
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.861
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.366
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.158
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.126
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 a computer 0.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.242
And I enable persistence 7.031
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063
# 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 10.315
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.384
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.319
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026