Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6147 14 Feb 2026, 11:45

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 13:33.573 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
2:43.450
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 46.020
And I update APT using apt 4.908
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.258
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.687
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.568
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.346
And I enable persistence 16.413
And I log in to a new session 10.624
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.312
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.751
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.642
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.269
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.120
And I update APT using apt 4.635
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.256
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.661
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.103
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.221
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.443
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.627
When I start Synaptic 12.319
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.395
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.473
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.202
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.264
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.219
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.240
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.291
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.453
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:16.807
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.615
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.929
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.761
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.759
And I enable persistence 6.966
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.119
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.343
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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 41.289
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.454
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.843
And I enable persistence 6.434
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.485
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.362
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 22.443
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.193
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.385
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 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.460
And I enable persistence 7.037
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.761
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.204
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.273
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007