Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6167 24 Feb 2026, 22:41

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 13:14.595 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
2:51.398
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 49.037
And I update APT using apt 5.644
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.507
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.882
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.449
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.291
And I enable persistence 16.739
And I log in to a new session 10.408
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.729
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.689
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.255
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.440
And I update APT using apt 4.196
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.205
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.296
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.439
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.718
When I start Synaptic 12.822
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.513
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.785
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.550
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.491
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.530
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.974
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.536
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.485
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.852
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.728
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.102
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.823
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.763
And I enable persistence 6.884
# 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 0.053
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 10.736
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.039
And available upgrades have been checked 2.209
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.121
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.675
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.904
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.267
And I enable persistence 6.557
# 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 10.230
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.315
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.719
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.507
And I enable persistence 5.568
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.176
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.682
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.578
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007