Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6145 13 Feb 2026, 08:11

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 14:21.548 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
3:6.306
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.555
And I update APT using apt 6.726
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.403
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.283
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.264
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.203
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.715
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.160
And I enable persistence 19.848
And I log in to a new session 10.020
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.309
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.864
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.702
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.724
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 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.704
And I update APT using apt 5.255
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.244
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.700
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 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.575
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.642
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
When I start Synaptic 13.764
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.750
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.462
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.600
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.709
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.633
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.872
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.920
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.536
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:12.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.973
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.108
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.461
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.461
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.732
And I enable persistence 7.851
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.576
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.367
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 12.640
And available upgrades have been checked 0.060
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.088
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.725
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.899
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.775
And I enable persistence 7.584
# 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 0.030
And I log in to a new session 12.476
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.417
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 23.147
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.978
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 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.045
And I enable persistence 7.610
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 11.831
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.907
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.901
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009