Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6283 09 Apr 2026, 12:20

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 16:14.525 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
1:50.534
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.763
And I update APT using apt 6.961
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.875
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.942
And I update APT using apt 5.284
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.439
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.245
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.480
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.709
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.929
And I enable persistence 17.763
And I log in to a new session 12.080
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.189
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.702
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.745
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:2.075
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:47.729
And I update APT using apt 5.817
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.271
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.146
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:29.275
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:6.150
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.488
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
When I start Synaptic 12.915
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.642
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.628
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.793
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.480
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.720
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.931
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.560
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.090
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.074
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.598
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 8.364
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.032
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.499
And I enable persistence 6.580
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 12.502
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.720
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.611
And available upgrades have been checked 1.104
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.989
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.800
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.689
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.333
And I enable persistence 6.304
# 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 11.492
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.665
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 17.313
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.623
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.277
And I enable persistence 7.798
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.096
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.719
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.517
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021