Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6084 22 Jan 2026, 12:30

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 17:24.820 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
3:33.109
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.657
And I update APT using apt 6.812
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.303
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.459
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.398
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.812
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.281
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.386
And I enable persistence 29.458
And I log in to a new session 14.272
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.249
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.061
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.724
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:38.201
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.378
And I update APT using apt 4.990
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.309
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.249
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:21.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.113
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.691
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674
When I start Synaptic 13.737
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.581
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.866
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.710
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.792
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.645
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.750
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.179
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.001
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.905
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.685
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:34.263
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:28.338
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 9.518
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.422
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.364
And I enable persistence 8.745
# 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 0.027
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 12.354
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.325
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 41.886
And available upgrades have been checked 0.078
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.667
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:6.670
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.097
And I enable persistence 8.783
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 12.133
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.384
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.263
And Tor is ready 24.862
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.134
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.357
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 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.559
And I enable persistence 8.142
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 12.797
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.854
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.854
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009