Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6309 20 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 15:3.570 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
1:48.411
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.752
And I update APT using apt 6.938
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.967
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.044
And I update APT using apt 5.801
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.324
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.010
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.176
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.414
And I enable persistence 17.064
And I log in to a new session 10.720
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.493
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.750
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.621
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.843
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.936
And I update APT using apt 5.348
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.258
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.867
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.551
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.216
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.420
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.613
When I start Synaptic 12.976
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.559
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.189
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.234
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.431
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.922
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.492
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.316
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.334
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.554
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.832
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.665
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.926
And I enable persistence 5.844
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.093
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 0.033
# 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 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.242
And available upgrades have been checked 2.148
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.541
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.584
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.470
And I enable persistence 6.527
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.730
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.243
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.290
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.020
Given a computer 0.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.132
And I enable persistence 7.894
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 11.887
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.808
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.402
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006