Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6089 24 Jan 2026, 08:18

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 13:35.206 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
2:56.596
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 50.509
And I update APT using apt 5.375
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.319
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.191
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.954
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.785
And I enable persistence 17.853
And I log in to a new session 10.291
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.395
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.673
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.620
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.867
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.707
And I update APT using apt 4.325
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.427
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.180
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.417
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.506
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.263
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.451
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.602
When I start Synaptic 12.140
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.418
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.818
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.480
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.519
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.240
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.273
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.835
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:10.754
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.196
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.465
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.907
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.541
And I enable persistence 6.701
# 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
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.582
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.586
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.690
And available upgrades have been checked 1.084
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.513
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.392
And I enable persistence 5.746
# 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 10.673
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.362
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 41.988
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.109
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.569
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.183
And I enable persistence 6.771
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 9.551
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.239
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.190
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007