Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6152 17 Feb 2026, 14:10

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 14:33.900 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
2:59.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.214
And I update APT using apt 6.051
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.285
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.920
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.315
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.441
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.905
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.257
And I enable persistence 18.743
And I log in to a new session 11.114
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.368
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.664
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.780
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.534
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 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.666
And I update APT using apt 5.267
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 2.150
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.114
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.124
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.306
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.470
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.734
When I start Synaptic 12.433
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.586
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.949
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.506
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.723
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.114
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.497
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.970
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.522
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:9.637
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.000
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.963
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.985
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.996
And I enable persistence 7.041
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 11.930
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.975
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.514
And available upgrades have been checked 2.182
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.988
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.642
And I enable persistence 7.823
# 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 12.993
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.726
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.059
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.150
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.326
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.284
And I enable persistence 6.516
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 13.604
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.617
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.655
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007