Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6177 27 Feb 2026, 11:57

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 14:50.667 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
3:15.832
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 58.255
And I update APT using apt 6.415
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.290
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.464
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.911
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.216
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.799
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.338
And I enable persistence 21.132
And I log in to a new session 11.148
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.185
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.866
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.683
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.068
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 0.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.018
And I update APT using apt 5.256
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.270
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.241
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.104
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 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.632
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.191
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.657
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.684
When I start Synaptic 14.064
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.894
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.906
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.653
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.690
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.652
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.731
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.751
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.910
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.915
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.559
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:26.422
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:30.941
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.976
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.540
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.807
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.580
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.386
And I enable persistence 10.367
# 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 0.044
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.971
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 0.051
# 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 0.054
And Tor is ready 15.231
And available upgrades have been checked 0.055
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.277
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.726
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.363
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.617
And I enable persistence 9.475
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 12.114
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.691
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 18.311
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.591
And I enable persistence 8.793
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 11.532
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.817
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.127
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009