Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6298 14 Apr 2026, 19:47

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 15:43.977 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
1:57.821
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 1:27.207
And I update APT using apt 7.672
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.969
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:19.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.874
And I update APT using apt 6.021
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 9.207
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.858
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.258
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.433
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.434
And I enable persistence 18.248
And I log in to a new session 12.384
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.229
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.726
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.054
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.296
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.449
And I update APT using apt 5.173
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.291
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.244
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.514
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.474
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.641
When I start Synaptic 12.616
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.505
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.813
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.525
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.607
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.249
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.356
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.829
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.519
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.970
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.195
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 9.020
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.196
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.464
And I enable persistence 7.005
# 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
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.787
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 0.041
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.729
And available upgrades have been checked 1.140
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.179
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.012
And I enable persistence 6.720
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.281
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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.630
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.812
And I enable persistence 6.704
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 9.984
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.816
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.194
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006