Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6322 22 Apr 2026, 11:45

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 15:42.742 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
2:2.068
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:28.191
And I update APT using apt 8.187
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.368
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.408
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.657
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.063
And I update APT using apt 7.432
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.321
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.076
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.896
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.633
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.834
And I enable persistence 18.191
And I log in to a new session 11.040
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.177
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.818
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.621
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.583
And I update APT using apt 5.577
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.272
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.708
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.594
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.209
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.489
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.537
When I start Synaptic 12.528
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.598
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.781
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.555
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.872
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.242
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.453
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.084
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.309
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.488
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.142
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.195
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.071
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.088
And I enable persistence 7.006
# 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 0.005
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.029
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.870
And available upgrades have been checked 0.061
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.148
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.679
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.636
And I enable persistence 6.889
# 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 11.646
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.227
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 18.244
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.962
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 a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.246
And I enable persistence 6.327
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.276
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.625
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.294
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008