Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6071 15 Jan 2026, 20:09

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 12:52.330 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
2:35.128
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 44.727
And I update APT using apt 4.563
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.263
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.558
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.997
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.831
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.938
And I enable persistence 13.805
And I log in to a new session 9.217
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.526
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.654
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.547
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.055
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.219
And I update APT using apt 4.215
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.297
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.258
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.896
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.421
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.572
When I start Synaptic 12.372
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.411
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.593
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.457
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.144
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.526
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.057
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.802
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:2.966
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.356
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 8.549
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.655
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.720
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.800
And I enable persistence 6.435
# 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
# 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 8.797
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.357
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 41.613
And available upgrades have been checked 0.038
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.391
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.521
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.982
And I enable persistence 5.317
# 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 10.633
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.277
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.909
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.921
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 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.300
And I enable persistence 5.399
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.695
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.559
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.472
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006