Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6088 23 Jan 2026, 12:06

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 13:29.407 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
2:49.666
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 50.760
And I update APT using apt 4.905
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.390
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.090
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.980
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.308
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.304
And I enable persistence 16.760
And I log in to a new session 9.023
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.319
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.749
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.679
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.876
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.097
And I update APT using apt 5.237
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.253
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.558
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.079
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.198
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.441
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.602
When I start Synaptic 12.663
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.150
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.856
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.859
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.396
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.748
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.268
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.396
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.050
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.444
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:10.574
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.924
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.763
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.696
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.892
And I enable persistence 6.670
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.438
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.690
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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 41.259
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.442
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.091
And I enable persistence 5.406
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.187
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.288
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.401
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.126
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.140
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.109
And I enable persistence 6.726
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 10.412
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.494
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.369
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006