Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6310 20 Apr 2026, 13:58

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 16:16.159 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
1:57.572
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 1:27.731
And I update APT using apt 8.113
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.449
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.142
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.417
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 1:13.332
And I update APT using apt 6.116
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.006
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.963
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.299
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.655
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.865
And I enable persistence 19.373
And I log in to a new session 11.827
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.119
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.739
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.761
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.385
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 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.731
And I update APT using apt 6.050
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.242
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.193
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 10.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.196
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.272
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.518
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.624
When I start Synaptic 13.010
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.720
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.881
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.865
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.261
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.529
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.940
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.875
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.611
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.885
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.445
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.474
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.604
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.990
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.247
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.852
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.877
And I enable persistence 7.054
# 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 0.017
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 12.029
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.299
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.073
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.420
And available upgrades have been checked 1.101
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.145
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.028
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.135
And I enable persistence 7.119
# 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 12.104
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.269
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 18.888
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.114
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.246
And I enable persistence 6.721
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.938
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.875
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.125
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010