Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6289 12 Apr 2026, 11:33

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 15:32.564 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
1:51.076
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.469
And I update APT using apt 7.329
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.637
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.567
And I update APT using apt 5.687
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.222
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.988
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.728
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.770
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.293
And I enable persistence 17.326
And I log in to a new session 12.532
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.179
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.801
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.635
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.236
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 a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.046
And I update APT using apt 5.640
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.244
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.182
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.705
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.053
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.440
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
When I start Synaptic 13.235
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.797
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.344
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.574
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.935
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.252
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.783
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.589
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.199
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.243
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.587
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 a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.519
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.563
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.087
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.647
And I enable persistence 6.931
# 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
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 11.683
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.219
And available upgrades have been checked 1.113
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.620
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.694
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.358
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.602
And I enable persistence 6.964
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.185
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.282
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.330
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.997
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.324
And I enable persistence 6.506
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.230
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.759
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.976
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008