Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6129 09 Feb 2026, 18:19

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 13:9.314 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
2:50.300
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 50.883
And I update APT using apt 5.420
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.946
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.189
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.479
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.720
And I enable persistence 15.278
And I log in to a new session 9.909
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.248
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.675
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.714
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.261
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.603
And I update APT using apt 5.133
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.166
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.209
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.870
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.484
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I start Synaptic 12.680
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.625
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.053
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.737
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.466
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.218
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.668
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.913
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.493
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.447
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.483
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 9.252
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.721
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.744
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.692
And I enable persistence 5.770
# 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
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 9.944
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.538
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.271
And available upgrades have been checked 1.132
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.079
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.523
And I enable persistence 6.834
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 10.470
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.802
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.162
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.131
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.095
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.988
And I enable persistence 5.670
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 10.440
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.018
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.300
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006