Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6280 09 Apr 2026, 00:07

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 15:15.104 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
1:55.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.274
And I update APT using apt 8.708
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.198
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 8.269
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.859
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.421
And I update APT using apt 6.626
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.491
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.970
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.093
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.839
And I enable persistence 14.730
And I log in to a new session 9.473
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.169
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.710
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.581
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.723
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.647
And I update APT using apt 4.438
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.275
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.214
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.071
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.448
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.206
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
When I start Synaptic 12.314
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.530
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.656
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.275
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.022
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.753
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.567
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.956
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.321
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.614
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.619
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.907
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.942
And I enable persistence 5.624
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.569
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.285
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.275
And available upgrades have been checked 1.097
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.540
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.152
And I enable persistence 5.636
# 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 9.721
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 17.547
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.924
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.407
And I enable persistence 6.488
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.218
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.676
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.978
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006