Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6146 13 Feb 2026, 12:03

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 14:43.332 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
3:7.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.322
And I update APT using apt 12.371
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.636
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.129
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.773
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.272
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.434
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.009
And I enable persistence 19.630
And I log in to a new session 12.911
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.742
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.070
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.689
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.447
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.439
And I update APT using apt 5.291
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.929
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.603
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.614
When I start Synaptic 14.802
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.942
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.107
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.774
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.780
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.956
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.807
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.148
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.611
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.208
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.268
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.600
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:22.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:28.529
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.084
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.769
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.561
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.956
And I enable persistence 7.636
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 13.551
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.405
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.048
And Tor is ready 12.648
And available upgrades have been checked 0.071
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.570
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.813
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.191
And I enable persistence 7.483
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 10.912
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.684
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 23.551
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.170
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.693
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.639
And I enable persistence 7.754
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.064
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 11.475
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.060
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.044
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010