Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6132 10 Feb 2026, 02:07

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 13:9.209 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
3:15.552
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 1:18.167
And I update APT using apt 5.626
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.751
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.179
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.071
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.897
And I enable persistence 15.785
And I log in to a new session 9.870
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.266
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.722
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.607
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.479
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.776
And I update APT using apt 4.197
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.869
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.161
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.469
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.537
When I start Synaptic 12.448
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.328
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.004
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.205
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.220
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.804
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.386
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.486
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.744
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.691
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.762
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.054
And I enable persistence 5.331
# 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
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.369
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.344
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.553
And available upgrades have been checked 1.107
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.958
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.201
And I enable persistence 5.302
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.328
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.314
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.866
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.149
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.070
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 36.436
And I enable persistence 5.757
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.019
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.266
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.048
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006