Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6156 19 Feb 2026, 12:02

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 13:29.895 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
2:52.979
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 50.440
And I update APT using apt 5.881
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.306
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.570
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.829
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.151
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.700
And I enable persistence 16.785
And I log in to a new session 10.435
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.178
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.733
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.698
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 an administration password 1:14.942
And I update APT using apt 5.240
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.316
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.176
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.355
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.065
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.497
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
When I start Synaptic 12.453
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.501
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.841
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.267
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.936
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.951
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.495
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.212
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.566
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.298
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.688
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.446
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.734
And I enable persistence 7.343
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.492
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.205
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 12.314
And available upgrades have been checked 2.241
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.604
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.830
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.797
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.637
And I enable persistence 9.130
# 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 12.746
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.556
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.167
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.253
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.921
And I enable persistence 6.714
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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 11.584
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.761
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.046
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022