Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6299 14 Apr 2026, 19:35

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 16:18.172 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
2:20.148
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 1:52.123
And I update APT using apt 6.892
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.379
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.043
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.192
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.619
And I update APT using apt 6.121
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.520
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.149
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.507
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.258
And I enable persistence 18.799
And I log in to a new session 10.417
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.564
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.656
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.652
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 1:13.849
And I update APT using apt 5.076
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.323
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.272
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:29.689
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:6.194
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.299
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.469
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.570
When I start Synaptic 12.993
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.674
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.883
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.547
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.139
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.536
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.332
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.557
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.132
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.252
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.476
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.548
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.660
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.033
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.739
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.252
And I enable persistence 6.944
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 12.522
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.268
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 13.063
And available upgrades have been checked 1.094
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.490
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.798
And I enable persistence 7.140
# 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 11.741
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.840
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.566
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.286
And I enable persistence 6.651
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 10.219
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.797
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.416
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014