Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6291 14 Apr 2026, 07:14

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 14:1.549 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
1:43.929
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 1:19.649
And I update APT using apt 6.129
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.009
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:35.764
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 47.333
And I update APT using apt 4.792
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.207
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.924
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.959
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.020
And I enable persistence 14.078
And I log in to a new session 8.498
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.160
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.690
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.593
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.421
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.446
And I update APT using apt 4.468
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.232
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.141
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.302
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 a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.219
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.653
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
When I start Synaptic 12.112
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.375
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.354
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.141
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.227
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.825
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.402
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.891
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 a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.554
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.960
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.554
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.954
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.009
And I enable persistence 5.631
# 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 0.016
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.446
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.200
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.364
And available upgrades have been checked 0.049
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.493
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.501
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.059
And I enable persistence 5.230
# 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 9.714
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.167
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.921
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.748
And I enable persistence 6.322
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 9.430
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.698
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.876
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005