Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6143 11 Feb 2026, 21:03

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 14:29.208 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
3:1.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.171
And I update APT using apt 5.363
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.401
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.072
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.088
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.225
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.459
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.952
And I enable persistence 18.831
And I log in to a new session 13.024
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.372
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.942
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.845
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.517
And I update APT using apt 5.169
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.370
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.328
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:17.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.315
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.539
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.629
When I start Synaptic 12.587
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.831
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.925
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.539
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.959
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.283
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.625
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.228
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:21.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.675
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 9.337
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.992
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.373
And I enable persistence 7.533
# 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 0.015
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 11.741
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.503
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 14.344
And available upgrades have been checked 1.141
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.556
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.691
And I enable persistence 8.900
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 11.112
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.461
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.612
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.164
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.019
And I enable persistence 9.101
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.072
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 11.882
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.083
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.697
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010