Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6153 18 Feb 2026, 08:47

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 12:24.116 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
2:36.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.410
And I update APT using apt 5.247
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.357
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.125
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.650
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.080
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.037
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.995
And I enable persistence 13.538
And I log in to a new session 9.815
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.280
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.672
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.597
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.241
And I update APT using apt 4.527
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.328
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 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.686
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.325
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.151
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.449
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
When I start Synaptic 12.048
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.325
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.012
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.519
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.243
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.198
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.790
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.486
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.345
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.668
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.259
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.680
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.038
And I enable persistence 6.359
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 9.382
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.356
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.540
And available upgrades have been checked 2.215
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.580
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.023
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.280
And I enable persistence 5.495
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.221
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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 21.936
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.137
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.701
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.065
And I enable persistence 6.298
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
# 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 0.104
And I log in to a new session 10.193
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.329
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.197
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006