Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6285 10 Apr 2026, 11:21

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 14:59.926 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
1:49.141
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 1:22.695
And I update APT using apt 6.236
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.306
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.954
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.575
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.413
And I update APT using apt 6.194
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.854
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.920
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.275
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.564
And I enable persistence 15.445
And I log in to a new session 9.637
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.189
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.633
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.976
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.828
And I update APT using apt 4.557
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.274
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.199
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.311
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 a computer 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.584
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.408
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
When I start Synaptic 12.368
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.493
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.244
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.506
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.322
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.198
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.873
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.861
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.364
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.077
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.030
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.458
And I enable persistence 6.766
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 10.369
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.314
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.508
And available upgrades have been checked 2.184
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.472
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.675
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.507
And I enable persistence 6.026
# 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 11.510
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.234
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 15.908
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.060
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.977
And I enable persistence 6.666
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
And I log in to a new session 10.164
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.183
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.545
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036