Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6286 11 Apr 2026, 07:21

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 14:39.125 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
1:47.444
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.356
And I update APT using apt 6.084
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.413
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.334
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 50.153
And I update APT using apt 5.339
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.305
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.322
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.786
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.126
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.977
And I enable persistence 16.842
And I log in to a new session 9.971
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.709
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.601
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.120
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.072
And I update APT using apt 4.529
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.230
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.145
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.303
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.947
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.445
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.521
When I start Synaptic 12.438
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.410
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.598
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.524
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.779
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.767
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.248
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.210
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.188
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.430
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:40.325
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.101
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.862
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.758
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.293
And I enable persistence 6.372
# 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
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.947
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.252
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.374
And available upgrades have been checked 1.146
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.012
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.384
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.565
And I enable persistence 6.690
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.079
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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.474
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.079
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.596
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.643
And I enable persistence 5.688
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.223
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.739
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.151
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006