Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6274 07 Apr 2026, 18:40

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 15:51.227 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
2:8.377
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:36.738
And I update APT using apt 6.426
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.324
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 8.108
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.036
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:36.139
And I update APT using apt 5.652
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.186
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.063
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.133
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.195
And I enable persistence 15.317
And I log in to a new session 9.338
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.164
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.732
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.626
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.416
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.101
And I update APT using apt 4.750
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.246
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.203
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:19.898
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.599
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.218
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.486
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
When I start Synaptic 12.706
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.395
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.113
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.671
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.254
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.161
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.851
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.903
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.726
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 8.767
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.744
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.022
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.809
And I enable persistence 5.852
# 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 0.030
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 8.981
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.495
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.770
And available upgrades have been checked 2.185
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.459
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.557
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.676
And I enable persistence 5.711
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.831
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.174
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.960
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.594
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.365
And I enable persistence 5.700
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 9.427
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.756
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.199
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006