Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6140 11 Feb 2026, 12:04

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 13:35.054 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
2:44.071
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 47.866
And I update APT using apt 4.851
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.261
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.375
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.954
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.738
And I enable persistence 15.408
And I log in to a new session 10.440
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.287
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.653
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.709
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.481
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.083
And I update APT using apt 4.816
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.240
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.770
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.535
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
When I start Synaptic 12.860
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.625
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.035
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.495
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.846
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.273
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.828
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.796
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.345
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.605
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.010
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.473
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:17.438
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.851
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.000
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.759
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.318
And I enable persistence 6.657
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 9.926
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.322
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 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.487
And available upgrades have been checked 2.137
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.965
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.962
And I enable persistence 5.716
# 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 9.329
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.363
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 21.725
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.995
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 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.014
And I enable persistence 6.361
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 9.149
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.741
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.120
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007