Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6296 14 Apr 2026, 13:58

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 15:53.957 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
1:53.867
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.602
And I update APT using apt 7.012
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.248
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.398
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.309
And I update APT using apt 6.610
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.118
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.772
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.202
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.909
And I enable persistence 17.099
And I log in to a new session 12.354
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.611
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.809
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.845
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.965
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.857
And I update APT using apt 5.365
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.344
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.263
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.847
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.016
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.165
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.532
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
When I start Synaptic 12.566
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.693
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.524
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.615
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.114
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.228
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.526
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.782
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.315
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.802
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.035
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.222
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.455
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:2.893
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.265
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.460
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.312
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.386
And I enable persistence 7.402
# 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 0.043
# 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 0.104
And I log in to a new session 10.715
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.596
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.392
And available upgrades have been checked 2.206
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.103
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.615
And I enable persistence 6.798
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 13.369
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.213
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 18.129
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.323
And I enable persistence 6.604
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
And I log in to a new session 11.495
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.741
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 7.145
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006