Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6138 10 Feb 2026, 22:09

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 17:46.658 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
2:27.767
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.130
And I update APT using apt 8.097
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.323
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.696
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:27.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.681
And I update APT using apt 6.327
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.391
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.439
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.126
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.413
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.729
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.065
And I enable persistence 22.708
And I log in to a new session 12.927
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.645
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.093
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.756
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.529
And I update APT using apt 5.330
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.306
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.197
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:30.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.513
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.312
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.638
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.655
When I start Synaptic 14.148
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.924
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.699
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.618
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.632
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.392
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.849
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.047
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.682
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:26.046
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:31.908
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.449
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.629
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.802
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.929
And I enable persistence 8.158
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.081
And I log in to a new session 11.994
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.341
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 12.975
And available upgrades have been checked 1.143
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.295
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.735
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.259
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.621
And I enable persistence 8.072
# 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 13.704
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.769
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 24.182
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.173
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.743
And I enable persistence 8.423
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.021
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.401
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.279
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011