Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6282 09 Apr 2026, 11:44

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 15:9.680 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
1:54.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 1:24.907
And I update APT using apt 6.842
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.306
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.810
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.233
And I update APT using apt 7.296
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.320
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.691
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.215
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.085
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.319
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.209
And I enable persistence 16.047
And I log in to a new session 10.330
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.174
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.761
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.694
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.866
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.271
And I update APT using apt 5.032
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.262
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.639
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.236
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.527
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
When I start Synaptic 12.240
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.600
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.169
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.553
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.239
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.252
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.871
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.504
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.546
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.648
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.143
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.767
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.429
And I enable persistence 6.932
# 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 0.016
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.646
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.869
And available upgrades have been checked 1.112
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.471
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.426
And I enable persistence 6.956
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.958
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.287
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.602
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.903
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.708
And I enable persistence 6.525
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 10.410
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.812
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.218
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029