Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6161 23 Feb 2026, 14:52

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 13:3.644 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
2:54.003
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.261
And I update APT using apt 5.457
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.686
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.740
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.079
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.334
And I enable persistence 17.491
And I log in to a new session 11.431
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.144
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.785
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.831
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:58.548
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.066
And I update APT using apt 4.766
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.405
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.160
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.228
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 a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.943
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.348
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.413
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.534
When I start Synaptic 12.406
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.066
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.026
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.254
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.986
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.781
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:13.848
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.238
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 8.755
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.730
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.976
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.242
And I enable persistence 5.571
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.714
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.230
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.832
And available upgrades have been checked 1.160
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.523
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.163
And I enable persistence 5.270
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.386
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.194
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.571
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.017
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.150
And I enable persistence 5.433
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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 9.594
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.643
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.965
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015