Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6 4 13 Jul 2026, 18:12

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 15:20.389 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
1:50.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.047
And I update the APT lists using apt 10.596
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.772
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.042
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.825
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.238
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.587
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.692
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.123
And I enable persistence 19.597
And I log in to a new session 9.692
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.175
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.691
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.665
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.457
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.375
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.260
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.156
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.814
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.405
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
When I start Synaptic 12.737
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.675
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.078
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.277
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.616
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.082
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.223
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.521
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.545
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 8.512
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.110
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.538
And I enable persistence 10.727
# 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
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 9.978
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.273
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.291
And available upgrades have been checked 1.137
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.514
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.350
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.623
And I enable persistence 10.991
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.620
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.243
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.214
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.098
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.331
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.389
And I enable persistence 10.608
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 11.318
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.757
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.108
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006