Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6155 18 Feb 2026, 19:51

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 13:1.746 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
2:54.487
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 49.444
And I update APT using apt 5.714
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.350
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 10.131
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.259
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.106
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.203
And I enable persistence 15.146
And I log in to a new session 10.055
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.169
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.727
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.788
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.672
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.219
And I update APT using apt 4.890
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 2.161
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.992
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.121
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.218
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.483
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
When I start Synaptic 12.547
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.567
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.519
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.803
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.262
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.003
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.780
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.407
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.001
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.115
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.720
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.912
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.259
And I enable persistence 6.555
# 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
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.359
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.209
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.082
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.814
And available upgrades have been checked 1.139
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.046
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.575
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.236
And I enable persistence 6.815
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.584
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.216
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.438
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.081
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.771
And I enable persistence 5.861
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.705
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.710
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.200
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006