Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6142 11 Feb 2026, 20:05

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 14:11.189 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
2:55.946
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 51.080
And I update APT using apt 5.092
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.337
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.270
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.908
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.184
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.613
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.119
And I enable persistence 19.776
And I log in to a new session 10.679
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.292
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.657
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.271
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.798
And I update APT using apt 5.824
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.311
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.226
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.388
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.204
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.512
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.768
When I start Synaptic 12.474
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.470
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.609
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.593
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.244
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.238
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.643
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.928
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.224
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:20.171
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.653
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.726
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.178
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.512
And I enable persistence 7.197
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.119
And I log in to a new session 10.801
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.433
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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.451
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.647
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.650
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.601
And I enable persistence 7.677
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 12.676
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.448
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 42.174
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.523
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.556
And I enable persistence 7.202
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 11.725
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.711
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.621
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008