Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6141 11 Feb 2026, 19:31

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 13:48.001 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
2:44.721
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 46.835
And I update APT using apt 4.954
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.994
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.315
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.107
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.335
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.953
And I enable persistence 17.011
And I log in to a new session 9.956
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.352
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.734
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.643
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.551
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.602
And I update APT using apt 4.329
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.310
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.812
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.048
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.511
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.598
When I start Synaptic 12.457
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.654
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.595
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.502
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.726
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.214
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.933
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.448
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:23.488
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.391
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 8.887
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.117
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.257
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.366
And I enable persistence 7.598
# 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
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 10.472
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.364
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 41.793
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.474
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.369
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.828
And I enable persistence 6.128
# 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 0.016
And I log in to a new session 12.837
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.323
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.323
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.171
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.426
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.773
And I enable persistence 7.341
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 0.089
And I log in to a new session 9.868
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 10.479
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.259
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044