Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6168 25 Feb 2026, 11:37

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 13:14.724 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
2:41.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 46.939
And I update APT using apt 5.055
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.970
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.074
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.093
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.693
And I enable persistence 16.181
And I log in to a new session 10.495
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.188
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.763
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.747
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.274
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.583
And I update APT using apt 4.163
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.258
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 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.382
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.819
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.434
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.562
When I start Synaptic 12.580
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.515
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.736
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.796
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.404
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.222
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.577
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.898
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.460
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.368
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.252
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 8.789
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.936
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.032
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.556
And I enable persistence 6.802
# 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 11.082
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.837
And available upgrades have been checked 2.205
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.635
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.937
And I enable persistence 6.347
# 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 9.776
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.443
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.447
And I enable persistence 6.872
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
# 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 10.197
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.664
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.392
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008