Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6325 23 Apr 2026, 11:33

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 16:12.106 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
2:19.382
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:52.572
And I update APT using apt 7.228
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.539
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
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 48.802
And I update APT using apt 5.495
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.341
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.906
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.978
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.099
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.283
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.542
And I enable persistence 14.815
And I log in to a new session 12.045
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.164
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.834
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.665
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.702
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 a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.106
And I update APT using apt 5.106
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.231
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.146
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.054
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.275
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.485
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.688
When I start Synaptic 12.490
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.628
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.389
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.599
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.585
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.527
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.996
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.482
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:12.091
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.251
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 40.264
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.769
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.955
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.371
And I enable persistence 6.781
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.342
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.210
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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.686
And available upgrades have been checked 1.107
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.733
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.956
And I enable persistence 6.813
# 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 9.775
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.523
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.776
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.075
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.751
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 a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.091
And I enable persistence 7.069
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.569
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.743
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.111
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006