Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6313 21 Apr 2026, 07:22

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 14:49.638 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
1:46.163
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 1:20.324
And I update APT using apt 6.180
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.450
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.101
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.741
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.558
And I update APT using apt 5.924
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.556
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.058
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.290
And I enable persistence 17.057
And I log in to a new session 10.573
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.153
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.572
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.592
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.553
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.240
And I update APT using apt 5.655
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.322
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.216
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.005
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.021
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.509
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
When I start Synaptic 12.568
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.933
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.984
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.268
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.819
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.034
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.776
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.982
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.913
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 9.088
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.846
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.396
And I enable persistence 6.966
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 9.696
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.584
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.276
And available upgrades have been checked 1.156
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.503
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.581
And I enable persistence 6.565
# 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 9.678
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.353
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.333
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.192
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.740
And I enable persistence 7.031
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 10.283
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.413
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.222
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020