Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6290 13 Apr 2026, 17:27

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 16:36.982 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
2:28.250
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 1:55.722
And I update APT using apt 8.354
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.331
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.055
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:39.414
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 1:33.160
And I update APT using apt 5.402
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 11.562
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.048
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.092
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.389
And I enable persistence 16.164
And I log in to a new session 9.445
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.603
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.421
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 0.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.218
And I update APT using apt 4.465
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.104
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.716
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.201
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.770
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
When I start Synaptic 12.333
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.543
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.861
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.546
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.189
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.879
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:59.305
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.877
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.709
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.946
And I enable persistence 6.527
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.489
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.182
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.291
And available upgrades have been checked 2.159
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.492
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.441
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.141
And I enable persistence 5.805
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 9.860
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.219
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 41.722
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.485
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.643
And I enable persistence 7.289
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.070
And I log in to a new session 9.108
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.880
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.957
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006