Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6324 23 Apr 2026, 07:46

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 15:26.806 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
2:3.945
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 1:35.861
And I update APT using apt 8.570
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.444
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.101
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.422
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 55.934
And I update APT using apt 4.879
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.079
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 30.752
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.456
And I enable persistence 15.250
And I log in to a new session 9.992
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.113
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.621
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.550
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.646
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.554
And I update APT using apt 4.539
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.245
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.391
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.433
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.484
When I start Synaptic 12.389
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.339
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.830
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.258
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.341
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.877
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.439
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.954
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 1:14.989
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.256
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.656
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.877
And I enable persistence 5.687
# 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
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 9.363
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.543
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.459
And available upgrades have been checked 1.091
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.522
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.233
And I enable persistence 5.395
# 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 10.144
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.488
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 41.100
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.956
And I enable persistence 6.559
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.344
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.237
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.105
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006