Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6151 17 Feb 2026, 13:10

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 13:18.121 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
2:50.566
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 48.110
And I update APT using apt 5.417
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.665
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.290
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.100
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.163
And I enable persistence 16.588
And I log in to a new session 9.583
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.329
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.701
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.587
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.300
And I update APT using apt 4.714
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.266
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.196
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.180
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 0.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.774
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.244
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.497
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.586
When I start Synaptic 12.853
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.522
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.195
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.550
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.617
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.507
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.280
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.385
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.890
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.511
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:52.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.983
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.741
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.804
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.983
And I enable persistence 6.602
# 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 0.009
# 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 10.369
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.367
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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.041
And available upgrades have been checked 1.107
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.224
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.675
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.765
And I enable persistence 6.537
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 11.380
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.415
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.580
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.132
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.142
And I enable persistence 7.081
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 9.624
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.647
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.184
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006