Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6297 14 Apr 2026, 19:32

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 16:22.641 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
1:49.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.394
And I update APT using apt 6.111
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.832
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.651
And I update APT using apt 6.303
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.145
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.362
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.174
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.646
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.923
And I enable persistence 17.077
And I log in to a new session 12.268
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.191
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.834
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.831
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:47.479
And I update APT using apt 5.948
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.428
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.223
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:29.989
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:6.274
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.550
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.673
When I start Synaptic 13.015
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.775
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.754
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.480
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.570
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.597
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.291
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.818
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.423
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.154
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.120
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.827
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.174
And I enable persistence 7.232
# 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
# 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 0.090
And I log in to a new session 11.730
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 14.145
And available upgrades have been checked 1.177
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.542
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.719
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.380
And I enable persistence 7.015
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 12.917
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.223
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.711
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.373
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.989
And I enable persistence 7.250
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 11.796
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.716
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.410
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017