Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6130 09 Feb 2026, 18:56

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 16:29.014 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
3:18.295
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.212
And I update APT using apt 9.326
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.072
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.694
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.515
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.674
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.120
And I enable persistence 24.213
And I log in to a new session 15.740
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.379
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.048
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.774
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.914
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.754
And I update APT using apt 5.386
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.291
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.232
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.406
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.453
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.271
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.270
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I start Synaptic 13.500
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.872
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.284
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.726
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.288
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.790
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.826
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.723
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.857
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.200
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.248
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.830
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:4.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:29.002
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.524
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.794
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.761
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.416
And I enable persistence 8.142
# 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 0.026
# 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 12.952
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.818
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.069
And Tor is ready 14.472
And available upgrades have been checked 0.068
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.198
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.825
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:2.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.492
And I enable persistence 7.814
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 11.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.335
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 23.476
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.144
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.021
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 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.295
And I enable persistence 7.816
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.067
# 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 12.461
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.710
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.987
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010