Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6159 22 Feb 2026, 11:31

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 12:50.203 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
2:35.089
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.078
And I update APT using apt 4.869
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.227
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.874
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.547
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.139
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.647
And I enable persistence 14.993
And I log in to a new session 9.366
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.184
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.573
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.605
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.201
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.684
And I update APT using apt 4.968
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.364
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.001
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.167
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.755
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.527
When I start Synaptic 12.876
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.324
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.396
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.573
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.194
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.830
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.745
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.479
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.323
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.704
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 8.462
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.709
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.769
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.929
And I enable persistence 5.254
# 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 10.190
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.564
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.546
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.487
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.466
And I enable persistence 5.182
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 9.372
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 41.975
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.224
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.231
And I enable persistence 5.209
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.703
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.353
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.224
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006