Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6301 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 15:7.656 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
1:50.735
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 1:23.303
And I update APT using apt 6.812
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.100
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.734
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 50.528
And I update APT using apt 5.634
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.237
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.767
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.886
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.382
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.376
And I enable persistence 16.607
And I log in to a new session 12.039
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.176
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.728
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.702
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.976
And I update APT using apt 5.225
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.226
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.475
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.172
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.239
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.515
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.626
When I start Synaptic 13.171
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.529
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.329
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.322
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.727
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.343
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.521
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.875
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.539
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:40.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.878
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 9.138
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.978
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.748
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.299
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.492
And I enable persistence 5.940
# 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
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.781
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.237
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.972
And available upgrades have been checked 1.137
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.090
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.569
And I enable persistence 7.358
# 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 10.330
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.226
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.898
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.394
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.683
And I enable persistence 6.666
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
And I log in to a new session 12.765
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.837
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.208
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012