Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6306 17 Apr 2026, 11:41

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 15:19.029 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
1:54.491
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 1:24.601
And I update APT using apt 7.270
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.400
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.491
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.409
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 56.272
And I update APT using apt 6.346
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.382
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.524
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.773
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.231
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.791
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.441
And I enable persistence 18.105
And I log in to a new session 11.885
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.132
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.691
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.706
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.656
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.677
And I update APT using apt 5.352
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.310
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.402
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 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.908
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.402
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.510
When I start Synaptic 12.248
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.481
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.651
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.525
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.682
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.713
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.297
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.978
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.230
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.032
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.308
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.761
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.123
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.134
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.411
And I enable persistence 6.681
# 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
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 9.705
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.192
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.137
And available upgrades have been checked 2.201
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.028
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.534
And I enable persistence 6.922
# 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 10.985
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.007
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.117
And I enable persistence 5.419
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 9.905
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.725
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.194
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007