Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6149 16 Feb 2026, 11:50

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 12:23.773 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
2:41.823
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 47.971
And I update APT using apt 5.308
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.951
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.567
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.079
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.240
And I enable persistence 13.962
And I log in to a new session 9.661
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.288
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.672
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.657
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.423
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.615
And I update APT using apt 4.269
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.229
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.362
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.317
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.145
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.451
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
When I start Synaptic 12.073
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.439
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.464
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.795
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.245
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.982
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.875
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.449
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.417
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.726
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 8.230
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.722
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.985
And I enable persistence 6.295
# 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 0.017
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 9.544
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.323
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.651
And available upgrades have been checked 2.153
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.519
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.804
And I enable persistence 5.561
# 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 8.917
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.312
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 21.895
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.139
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.746
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 a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.257
And I enable persistence 5.312
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 9.288
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.225
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.094
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006