Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6308 19 Apr 2026, 11:39

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 16:39.261 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
1:54.207
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 1:24.803
And I update APT using apt 8.437
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.329
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:11.682
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 59.028
And I update APT using apt 5.893
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.583
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.409
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.991
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.193
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.541
And I enable persistence 17.191
And I log in to a new session 10.146
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.163
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.665
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.630
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.149
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.631
And I update APT using apt 4.893
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.288
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.194
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:21.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.427
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.544
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
When I start Synaptic 12.344
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.441
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.987
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.623
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.723
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.363
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.547
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.893
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.526
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:11.445
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.885
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.069
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.082
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.393
And I enable persistence 6.721
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.348
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 41.927
And available upgrades have been checked 0.038
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.626
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.557
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.288
And I enable persistence 6.859
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 10.611
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.216
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.170
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.516
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 a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.353
And I enable persistence 5.845
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.220
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.737
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.200
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007