Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6144 12 Feb 2026, 12:13

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 13:29.058 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
2:52.052
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.755
And I update APT using apt 4.626
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.291
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.892
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.107
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.141
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.015
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.359
And I enable persistence 17.424
And I log in to a new session 9.221
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.696
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.709
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.622
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.634
And I update APT using apt 4.171
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.332
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:19.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.696
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.219
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.408
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.585
When I start Synaptic 12.207
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.454
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.921
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.516
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.731
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.413
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
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 3.396
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.840
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.497
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.033
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.350
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 8.587
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.732
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.593
And I enable persistence 5.677
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.278
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.759
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.221
And available upgrades have been checked 1.089
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.061
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.105
And I enable persistence 5.692
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 10.724
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.377
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 23.626
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.371
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.710
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.880
And I enable persistence 7.178
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 9.435
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.377
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.256
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032