Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6175 26 Feb 2026, 17:09

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 14:35.567 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
3:6.328
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 53.409
And I update APT using apt 6.608
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.285
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.778
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.866
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.283
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.528
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.301
And I enable persistence 19.147
And I log in to a new session 12.244
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.901
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.665
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.413
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.992
And I update APT using apt 5.671
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.295
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.215
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.466
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.695
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.192
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.610
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
When I start Synaptic 13.944
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.841
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.683
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.631
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.611
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.685
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.583
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.866
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.944
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.678
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:4.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.567
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.861
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.022
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.509
And I enable persistence 7.537
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 11.910
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.206
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.628
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.986
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.785
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.917
And I enable persistence 7.434
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 10.761
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.265
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 17.208
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.981
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.500
And I enable persistence 7.630
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.167
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.855
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.452
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011