Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6139 11 Feb 2026, 07:58

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 12:54.662 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
2:35.324
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.052
And I update APT using apt 4.569
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.231
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.780
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.371
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.989
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.437
And I enable persistence 13.636
And I log in to a new session 10.248
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.539
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.611
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.603
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:52.248
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:39.055
And I update APT using apt 4.641
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.276
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.225
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.400
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.157
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.497
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.505
When I start Synaptic 12.212
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.483
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.661
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.572
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.406
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.225
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.894
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.829
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.407
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.516
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 8.598
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.688
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.644
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.874
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.247
And I enable persistence 5.301
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 8.866
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 0.045
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.551
And available upgrades have been checked 1.112
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.994
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 18.634
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.582
And I enable persistence 5.703
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 9.941
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.309
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.707
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.176
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 35.562
And I enable persistence 6.424
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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.152
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.595
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.908
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006