Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6 3 13 Jul 2026, 18:04

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 83 0 0 0 0 83 6 0 6 15:19.387 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 @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:45.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.413
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.157
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.323
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.492
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.787
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.202
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.680
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.418
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.054
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.776
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.877
And I enable persistence 20.405
And I log in to a new session 11.213
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.189
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.616
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.640
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.930
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.847
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.159
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.317
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.627
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.414
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
When I start Synaptic 12.300
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.621
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.009
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.501
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.253
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.640
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.939
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.412
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.093
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.578
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.018
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.816
And I enable persistence 10.719
# 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 0.006
# 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 9.762
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.562
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.587
And available upgrades have been checked 1.090
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.957
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.427
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.951
And I enable persistence 10.705
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 9.133
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.349
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.920
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.947
And I enable persistence 10.411
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
And I log in to a new session 11.080
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.709
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.211
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006