Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6172 25 Feb 2026, 17:36

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 16:0.310 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
1:46.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:19.704
And I update APT using apt 6.291
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.385
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.443
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.692
And I update APT using apt 10.185
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 8.558
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.570
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.731
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.185
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.910
And I enable persistence 15.036
And I log in to a new session 9.626
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.146
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.673
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.614
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.609
And I update APT using apt 4.309
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:33.952
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.167
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.508
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.511
When I start Synaptic 11.920
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.425
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.847
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.601
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.177
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.100
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.509
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:49.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.834
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 8.511
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.628
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.632
And I enable persistence 5.482
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 8.765
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.176
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 41.808
And available upgrades have been checked 0.031
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.486
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.603
And I enable persistence 5.527
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 9.286
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.241
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 41.943
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.987
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.551
And I enable persistence 5.548
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 8.933
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.240
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.192
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017