Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6081 20 Jan 2026, 12:02

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 12:26.066 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
2:46.184
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 45.633
And I update APT using apt 5.333
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 11.714
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.511
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.963
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.145
And I enable persistence 13.885
And I log in to a new session 9.039
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.294
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.598
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.562
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.816
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.999
And I update APT using apt 4.301
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.189
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.185
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.697
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.159
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.492
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
When I start Synaptic 12.612
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.123
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.685
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.447
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.531
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.409
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.204
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.919
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.770
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.477
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.304
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.263
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 8.350
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.668
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.834
And I enable persistence 5.450
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.217
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.338
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 11.509
And available upgrades have been checked 2.174
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.496
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.555
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.478
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.492
And I enable persistence 5.541
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 8.786
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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 21.951
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.095
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.251
And I enable persistence 5.410
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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 9.226
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.636
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.056
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006