Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6314 21 Apr 2026, 11:41

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 15:41.773 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
1:57.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.549
And I update APT using apt 11.040
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.848
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.960
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.536
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.859
And I update APT using apt 6.562
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.028
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.692
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.868
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.469
And I enable persistence 15.426
And I log in to a new session 10.490
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.401
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.630
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.622
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.541
And I update APT using apt 4.827
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.278
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.175
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.494
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.832
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.562
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.600
When I start Synaptic 12.467
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.491
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.011
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.771
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.246
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.550
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.232
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.314
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.965
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.475
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:12.012
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.914
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 9.029
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.886
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.426
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.482
And I enable persistence 6.548
# 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
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.716
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.276
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 13.104
And available upgrades have been checked 1.118
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.044
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.593
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.690
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.584
And I enable persistence 6.560
# 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 9.517
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.171
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.265
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.493
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.510
And I enable persistence 6.681
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 9.190
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.936
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.030
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006