Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6134 10 Feb 2026, 15:27

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 13:1.416 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
2:35.296
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 46.500
And I update APT using apt 4.633
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.299
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.388
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.279
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.742
And I enable persistence 15.619
And I log in to a new session 9.647
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.286
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.653
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.615
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.142
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 a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.632
And I update APT using apt 3.998
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.232
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.738
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.562
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.146
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.770
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.509
When I start Synaptic 12.101
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.495
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.302
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.501
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.583
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.202
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.343
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.842
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.536
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.413
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.888
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 8.722
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.746
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.850
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.137
And I enable persistence 5.421
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.637
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.338
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.705
And available upgrades have been checked 2.138
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.504
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.567
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.237
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.111
And I enable persistence 5.226
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.296
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.648
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.089
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.128
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.825
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.216
And I enable persistence 5.718
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 9.709
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.282
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.338
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006