Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6303 15 Apr 2026, 11:47

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 15:56.298 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
1:51.885
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 1:25.457
And I update APT using apt 6.916
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.342
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.261
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.105
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:24.677
And I update APT using apt 12.542
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.837
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.052
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.192
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.176
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.792
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.185
And I enable persistence 14.823
And I log in to a new session 10.215
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.646
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.699
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.922
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 an administration password 1:14.263
And I update APT using apt 5.027
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.327
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.417
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.649
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.432
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.672
When I start Synaptic 12.557
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.544
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.983
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.532
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.621
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.206
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.235
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 a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.225
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 9.087
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.879
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.687
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.959
And I enable persistence 6.640
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.893
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
# 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 0.044
And Tor is ready 13.244
And available upgrades have been checked 2.160
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.418
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.705
And I enable persistence 7.316
# 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 9.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.248
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.541
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.774
And I enable persistence 7.279
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.500
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.840
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.124
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015