Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6158 21 Feb 2026, 11:42

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 13:25.125 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
2:51.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.740
And I update APT using apt 6.017
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.112
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.079
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.152
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.626
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.258
And I enable persistence 18.821
And I log in to a new session 9.860
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.174
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.763
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.551
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 an administration password 1:11.464
And I update APT using apt 4.386
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.336
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.252
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.966
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.311
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
When I start Synaptic 12.190
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.468
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.417
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.805
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.276
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.244
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.077
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.017
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.404
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 8.375
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.617
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.775
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.434
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.795
And I enable persistence 6.475
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.321
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.241
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.533
And available upgrades have been checked 0.079
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.128
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.429
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.289
And I enable persistence 6.782
# 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 9.365
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.531
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 42.432
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.882
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.170
And I enable persistence 6.605
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.100
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.217
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.232
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006