Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6191 10 Mar 2026, 11:21

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 12:33.853 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
2:42.391
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 47.731
And I update APT using apt 5.136
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.899
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.754
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.133
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.129
And I enable persistence 16.248
And I log in to a new session 10.416
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.194
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.668
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.993
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.931
And I update APT using apt 4.484
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.299
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.900
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 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.171
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.548
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
When I start Synaptic 12.538
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.615
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.834
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.591
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.243
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.883
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.791
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.206
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.566
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.868
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.901
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.469
And I enable persistence 5.380
# 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 0.090
And I log in to a new session 9.111
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.721
And available upgrades have been checked 1.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.588
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.259
And I enable persistence 5.372
# 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 9.127
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.238
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 16.742
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.419
And I enable persistence 6.685
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 9.683
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.698
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.994
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006