Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6133 10 Feb 2026, 12:02

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 13:5.716 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
2:46.528
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 48.828
And I update APT using apt 5.922
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.263
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.483
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.282
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.930
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.990
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.639
And I enable persistence 16.069
And I log in to a new session 9.984
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.528
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.692
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.697
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.454
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.661
And I update APT using apt 4.246
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.281
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.151
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.531
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
When I start Synaptic 12.195
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.434
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.494
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.569
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.141
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.194
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.980
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.889
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.536
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.182
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.294
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.453
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.765
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.270
And I enable persistence 5.506
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 9.268
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.662
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.130
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 1.022
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.645
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.049
And I enable persistence 5.428
# 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 10.856
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.294
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 41.663
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.158
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.269
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.568
And I enable persistence 6.728
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.710
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.413
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.195
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007