Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6300 14 Apr 2026, 19:49

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 16:36.103 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
1:57.999
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 1:27.384
And I update APT using apt 9.589
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.283
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.529
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:39.056
And I update APT using apt 6.883
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.399
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.175
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.191
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.517
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.560
And I enable persistence 17.145
And I log in to a new session 10.367
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.725
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.793
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.988
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.156
And I update APT using apt 5.211
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.203
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.123
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.080
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.172
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.732
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.513
When I start Synaptic 12.642
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.503
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.371
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.231
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.260
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.919
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.418
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.695
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.393
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 9.034
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.845
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.737
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.237
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.710
And I enable persistence 5.588
# 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 0.011
# 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 10.733
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.227
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.433
And available upgrades have been checked 2.177
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.588
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.001
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.582
And I enable persistence 6.495
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.277
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.322
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.278
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.766
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.049
And I enable persistence 6.751
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 10.863
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.660
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.165
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018