Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6262 04 Apr 2026, 11:07

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 13:28.694 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
2:56.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 50.687
And I update APT using apt 5.445
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.000
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.065
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.228
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.364
And I enable persistence 18.076
And I log in to a new session 11.648
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.536
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.842
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.869
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.234
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.409
And I update APT using apt 5.179
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.345
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.175
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.428
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.484
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
When I start Synaptic 12.934
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.722
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.052
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.629
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.293
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.510
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.114
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.512
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.153
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 8.734
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.961
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.976
And I enable persistence 7.140
# 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
# 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 10.490
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.244
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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.999
And available upgrades have been checked 1.081
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.542
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.833
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.621
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.158
And I enable persistence 7.523
# 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 0.019
And I log in to a new session 10.526
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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.333
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.078
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.706
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 a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.221
And I enable persistence 6.862
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 10.550
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.746
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.760
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006