Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6148 15 Feb 2026, 11:55

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 13:20.883 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
3:0.188
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.702
And I update APT using apt 5.369
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 9.890
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.204
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.101
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.080
And I enable persistence 17.749
And I log in to a new session 10.822
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.234
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.669
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.755
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.776
And I update APT using apt 4.901
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.310
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.580
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.570
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.446
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.627
When I start Synaptic 12.652
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.475
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.118
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.466
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.731
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.599
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.332
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.270
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.864
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.679
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.710
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.076
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.844
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.090
And I enable persistence 7.235
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.304
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.378
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.781
And available upgrades have been checked 1.122
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.036
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.567
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.512
And I enable persistence 6.950
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 9.713
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.395
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 22.116
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.140
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.085
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.708
And I enable persistence 6.727
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 10.368
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.573
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.104
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034