Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6317 21 Apr 2026, 19:41

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 15:39.415 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
1:51.776
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 1:23.796
And I update APT using apt 6.344
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.320
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.235
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.811
And I update APT using apt 6.055
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.334
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.561
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.314
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.774
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.692
And I enable persistence 17.865
And I log in to a new session 11.462
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.630
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.796
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.721
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.172
And I update APT using apt 4.846
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.232
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.510
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 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.857
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.421
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
When I start Synaptic 12.741
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.730
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.845
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.509
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.473
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.457
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.620
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.994
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.580
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.028
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.783
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.399
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.990
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.288
And I enable persistence 6.871
# 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 0.008
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 10.675
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.214
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.776
And available upgrades have been checked 1.097
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.491
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.938
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.557
And I enable persistence 7.116
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 11.952
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.273
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 18.275
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.030
And I enable persistence 7.122
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 12.113
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.903
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.421
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009