Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6323 22 Apr 2026, 12:00

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 15:51.130 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
2:0.079
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 1:27.313
And I update APT using apt 8.285
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.118
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:18.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.832
And I update APT using apt 8.306
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.793
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.358
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.603
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.170
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.922
And I enable persistence 18.964
And I log in to a new session 10.785
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.480
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.697
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.724
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.076
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 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.155
And I update APT using apt 5.344
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 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.886
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 a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.459
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.493
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.571
When I start Synaptic 12.769
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.680
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.080
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.567
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.764
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.236
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.213
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.535
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.917
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.439
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.868
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.317
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.627
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.354
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.808
And I enable persistence 6.893
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 12.619
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.253
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.081
# 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 0.082
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.811
And available upgrades have been checked 1.115
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.568
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.345
And I enable persistence 7.307
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.824
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.192
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.579
And I enable persistence 7.081
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 11.235
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.786
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.210
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029