Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6150 17 Feb 2026, 12:45

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 16:6.846 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
3:38.125
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.316
And I update APT using apt 8.520
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.785
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.276
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 49.810
And I enable persistence 30.478
And I log in to a new session 18.680
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.672
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.665
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.830
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.272
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:25.776
And I update APT using apt 8.684
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.299
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.263
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:35.120
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:3.738
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.808
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.640
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.722
When I start Synaptic 14.808
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.272
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.984
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.701
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.047
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.235
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.684
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.847
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.789
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.931
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.223
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.653
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:44.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.436
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.069
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.482
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.650
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 49.579
And I enable persistence 9.016
# 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 0.026
# 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 13.149
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.484
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.094
And Tor is ready 13.281
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.382
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.446
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.087
And I enable persistence 8.943
# 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
And I log in to a new session 13.490
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.406
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 23.175
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.164
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:23.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 2.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.056
And I enable persistence 8.159
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.080
# 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 12.757
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.137
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.632
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012