Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6178 28 Feb 2026, 11:33

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 12:26.780 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
2:35.593
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 44.648
And I update APT using apt 5.498
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.997
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.785
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.980
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.905
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.160
And I enable persistence 14.659
And I log in to a new session 9.152
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.639
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.608
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.955
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.313
And I update APT using apt 4.094
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.240
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.183
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.704
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 a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.443
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.187
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.646
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.559
When I start Synaptic 12.128
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.413
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.329
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.747
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.210
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.050
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.840
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.525
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.245
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 a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.296
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 8.812
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.664
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.033
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.194
And I enable persistence 6.706
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 9.462
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.082
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.568
And available upgrades have been checked 1.115
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.499
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.153
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.471
And I enable persistence 6.092
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 9.907
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 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.123
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.073
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.210
And I enable persistence 6.731
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 9.446
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.559
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.078
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006