Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6087 23 Jan 2026, 07:26

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 12:57.761 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
2:42.390
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 47.210
And I update APT using apt 5.093
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.026
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.413
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.743
And I enable persistence 16.253
And I log in to a new session 9.876
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.292
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.678
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.673
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.069
And I update APT using apt 4.670
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.280
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.183
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.872
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.894
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.160
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.758
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.675
When I start Synaptic 12.179
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.489
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.836
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.525
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.237
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.225
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.569
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.930
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.308
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.610
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.169
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.678
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 8.861
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.050
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.846
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.034
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.890
And I enable persistence 6.684
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.398
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.322
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.887
And available upgrades have been checked 2.158
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.595
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 4.628
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.290
And I enable persistence 7.250
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.892
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.428
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.211
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.113
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.957
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.166
And I enable persistence 6.473
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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 10.971
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.254
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.484
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051