Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6307 18 Apr 2026, 11:19

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 14:59.579 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
1:41.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.109
And I update APT using apt 5.853
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.335
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.780
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:36.939
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 47.813
And I update APT using apt 5.721
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.991
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.275
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.009
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.553
And I enable persistence 15.797
And I log in to a new session 9.023
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.131
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.622
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.588
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:52.125
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:38.784
And I update APT using apt 4.856
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.228
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.136
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.777
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.792
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.162
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.437
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.522
When I start Synaptic 12.083
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.538
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.434
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.579
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.194
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.280
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.827
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.090
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.605
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 8.508
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.696
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.976
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.372
And I enable persistence 6.266
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 13.383
And available upgrades have been checked 1.124
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.458
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.990
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.194
And I enable persistence 5.617
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.776
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.194
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 42.015
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.713
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.235
And I enable persistence 5.577
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.186
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.193
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.037
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024