Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6076 18 Jan 2026, 11:41

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 12:43.685 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
2:35.958
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 45.340
And I update APT using apt 5.115
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.366
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.939
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.808
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.678
And I enable persistence 14.997
And I log in to a new session 9.287
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.607
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.632
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.736
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.805
And I update APT using apt 5.460
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.213
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.134
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.736
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 1:33.906
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.552
When I start Synaptic 11.888
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.055
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.611
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.528
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.401
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.536
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.163
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.909
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.771
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.400
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.535
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.198
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.375
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.657
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.609
And I enable persistence 5.527
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.283
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.350
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.738
And available upgrades have been checked 2.166
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 2.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.370
And I enable persistence 6.522
# 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 9.499
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.331
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.706
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.128
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.718
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" with network unplugged 35.644
And I enable persistence 5.495
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.525
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.454
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.056
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006