Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6065 14 Jan 2026, 16:05

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 6 0 6 14:57.362 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
1:43.777
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.458
And I update APT using apt 5.429
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.382
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.989
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.443
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.632
And I update APT using apt 4.549
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.455
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.640
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.673
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.474
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.275
And I enable persistence 16.935
And I log in to a new session 10.220
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.321
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.714
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.766
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:39.747
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:26.220
And I update APT using apt 4.859
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.347
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.536
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.649
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
When I start Synaptic 12.581
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.388
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.906
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.291
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.026
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.763
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.172
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.229
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.369
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.803
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.610
And I enable persistence 5.190
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.353
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.369
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.012
And Tor is ready 17.909
And available upgrades have been checked 2.181
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.532
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.428
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.854
And I enable persistence 5.727
# 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 0.026
And I log in to a new session 10.222
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.301
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.956
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.188
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.559
And I enable persistence 6.840
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.307
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.308
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.078
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007