Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6174 26 Feb 2026, 12:13

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 15:1.422 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
3:21.788
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.023
And I update APT using apt 6.591
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.888
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.022
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.264
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.781
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.833
And I enable persistence 22.602
And I log in to a new session 12.331
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.172
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.940
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.822
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 10.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.774
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:24.289
And I update APT using apt 9.681
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.321
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.223
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.090
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.197
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.118
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
When I start Synaptic 14.216
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.938
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.122
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.625
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.758
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.683
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.159
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.880
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.998
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.543
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:20.529
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.146
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.854
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.861
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.108
And I enable persistence 7.730
# 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 0.029
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 12.586
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.224
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 13.541
And available upgrades have been checked 0.068
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.480
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.825
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.688
And I enable persistence 8.522
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 13.474
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.262
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 18.596
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.429
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 0.535
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.008
And I enable persistence 8.903
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 11.841
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.008
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.939
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011