Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6305 16 Apr 2026, 11:25

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 15:7.024 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
1:48.497
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 1:22.145
And I update APT using apt 6.530
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.911
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.194
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 50.197
And I update APT using apt 6.197
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.744
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.098
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.250
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.128
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.726
And I enable persistence 17.167
And I log in to a new session 11.798
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.126
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.726
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.639
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.963
And I update APT using apt 5.286
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.294
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.633
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.871
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.447
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.637
When I start Synaptic 12.606
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.668
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.337
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.659
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.288
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.728
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.024
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.450
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.021
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.098
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.635
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.169
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.221
And I enable persistence 6.358
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.261
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.224
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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.099
And available upgrades have been checked 2.168
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.438
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.535
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.125
And I enable persistence 6.689
# 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 10.893
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.276
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 15.722
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.814
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 37.537
And I enable persistence 6.793
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 10.492
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.168
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.268
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008