Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6173 26 Feb 2026, 08:26

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 14:0.925 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
2:55.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.675
And I update APT using apt 7.510
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.384
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.404
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.263
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.562
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.109
And I enable persistence 7.429
And I log in to a new session 11.916
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.185
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.868
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.685
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:38.218
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.177
And I update APT using apt 5.273
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.325
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.196
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.435
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.208
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.608
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
When I start Synaptic 13.774
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.783
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.658
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.608
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.761
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.698
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.634
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.828
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.920
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.218
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.640
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:8.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.383
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.048
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.489
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.449
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.815
And I enable persistence 8.252
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 11.498
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.213
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 12.553
And available upgrades have been checked 0.060
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.127
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.736
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.868
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.815
And I enable persistence 7.536
# 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 0.019
And I log in to a new session 12.181
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 18.328
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.490
And I enable persistence 7.864
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.038
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.797
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.583
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014