Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6302 15 Apr 2026, 07:41

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 16:18.231 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
1:58.826
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:28.357
And I update APT using apt 9.764
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.989
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.509
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.107
And I update APT using apt 6.257
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.308
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.094
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.915
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.480
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.837
And I enable persistence 18.733
And I log in to a new session 12.351
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.206
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.981
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.797
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 10.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.862
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.564
And I update APT using apt 4.747
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.259
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.805
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.236
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.609
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.639
When I start Synaptic 12.729
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.882
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.667
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.496
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.785
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.271
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.577
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.698
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.349
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.355
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.816
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.586
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:22.702
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.584
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.927
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.125
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.824
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.700
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.054
And I enable persistence 7.209
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 10.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.335
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 42.990
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.502
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.651
And I enable persistence 7.162
# 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 11.387
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.611
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.048
And I enable persistence 6.801
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 11.082
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.693
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.185
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007