Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6284 09 Apr 2026, 14:22

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 16:7.388 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
2:1.784
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.340
And I update APT using apt 8.391
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.290
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 7.475
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.359
And I update APT using apt 6.203
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.364
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.691
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.065
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.177
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.404
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.343
And I enable persistence 15.129
And I log in to a new session 11.595
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.767
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.805
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.624
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.355
And I update APT using apt 5.636
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.296
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.206
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.763
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.213
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.518
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.597
When I start Synaptic 12.727
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.683
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.253
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.684
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.581
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.723
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.866
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.499
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.833
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.370
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.544
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.609
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 8.981
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.331
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.411
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.175
And I enable persistence 6.921
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.221
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.275
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.106
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 13.054
And available upgrades have been checked 1.119
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.044
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.591
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.646
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.417
And I enable persistence 7.379
# 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 12.475
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.226
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.457
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.950
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.063
And I enable persistence 7.563
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.065
And I log in to a new session 11.743
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.839
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.954
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010