Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6311 20 Apr 2026, 13:57

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 16:11.650 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
1:54.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:25.309
And I update APT using apt 6.760
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.470
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.391
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.520
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.353
And I update APT using apt 8.361
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.403
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.977
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.691
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.258
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.590
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.482
And I enable persistence 21.169
And I log in to a new session 14.085
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.121
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.919
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.885
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 10.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.360
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 a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.763
And I update APT using apt 4.865
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.355
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.231
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:11.998
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 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.413
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.533
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
When I start Synaptic 13.394
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.766
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.390
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.525
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.310
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.538
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.589
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.634
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:10.365
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 0.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.524
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.458
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.249
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.478
And I enable persistence 7.184
# 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 0.025
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 11.719
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 13.401
And available upgrades have been checked 0.052
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.217
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.003
And I enable persistence 6.626
# 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 12.260
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.321
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 18.059
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.950
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.659
And I enable persistence 8.748
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.092
And I log in to a new session 12.078
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.709
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.482
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008