Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6315 21 Apr 2026, 13:17

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 15:31.211 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
1:53.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.470
And I update APT using apt 7.514
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.325
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.131
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.839
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.914
And I update APT using apt 6.234
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.405
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.987
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.389
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.150
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.794
And I enable persistence 18.901
And I log in to a new session 11.890
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.171
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.780
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.842
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.406
And I update APT using apt 5.240
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.321
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.267
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.743
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.025
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.466
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.683
When I start Synaptic 13.101
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.610
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.385
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.823
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.904
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.223
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.858
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.255
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.499
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.633
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.014
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 8.719
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.991
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.451
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.280
And I enable persistence 6.897
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.483
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.260
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.639
And available upgrades have been checked 2.170
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.565
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.543
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 39.254
And I enable persistence 6.692
# 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 12.006
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.581
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.073
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.278
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.929
And I enable persistence 7.001
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.023
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.695
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.445
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032