Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6068 15 Jan 2026, 12:25

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 15:41.105 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
3:25.286
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 57.275
And I update APT using apt 8.470
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.247
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.846
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.264
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.855
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 49.469
And I enable persistence 22.848
And I log in to a new session 12.473
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.363
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.961
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.721
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:12.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:55.572
And I update APT using apt 6.118
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.236
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.313
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.582
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.836
When I start Synaptic 13.329
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.897
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.067
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.594
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.716
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.715
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.595
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.005
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.948
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.520
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:21.762
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 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.561
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.295
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.423
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.303
And I enable persistence 8.996
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 12.233
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.347
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.075
# 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 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 13.142
And available upgrades have been checked 0.059
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.982
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.483
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.395
And I enable persistence 7.673
# 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 0.026
And I log in to a new session 12.367
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.351
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 23.562
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.210
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.126
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 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.613
And I enable persistence 8.340
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.052
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.218
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.126
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009