Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6176 27 Feb 2026, 07:59

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 12:26.906 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
2:42.852
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 47.714
And I update APT using apt 4.672
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.183
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.147
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.065
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.865
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.012
And I enable persistence 14.447
And I log in to a new session 9.629
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.478
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.625
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.606
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.123
And I update APT using apt 4.364
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.242
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.445
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.179
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.819
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
When I start Synaptic 12.033
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.532
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.364
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.579
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.217
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.077
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.761
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.100
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.356
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.746
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.637
And I enable persistence 5.453
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.007
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.729
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.433
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.869
And I enable persistence 5.434
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 9.207
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 15.905
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.625
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
55.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.060
And I enable persistence 5.481
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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.898
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.651
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.989
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026