Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6287 11 Apr 2026, 11:27

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 14:48.787 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
1:45.272
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 1:19.855
And I update APT using apt 6.350
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.950
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.168
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.383
And I update APT using apt 5.559
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.658
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.959
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.967
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.992
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.506
And I enable persistence 16.413
And I log in to a new session 9.503
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.477
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.667
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.666
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.278
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.298
And I update APT using apt 5.373
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.263
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.169
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.544
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.365
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.499
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
When I start Synaptic 12.335
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.076
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.462
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.606
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.232
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.085
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.786
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.493
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.402
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.707
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.606
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.938
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.921
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.907
And I enable persistence 6.744
# 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 0.018
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 10.473
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.224
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.071
# 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 0.071
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.699
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 0.990
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.698
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.481
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.489
And I enable persistence 6.882
# 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 9.962
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.232
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.104
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.052
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.954
And I enable persistence 6.432
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.399
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.735
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.373
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030