Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6326 23 Apr 2026, 13:34

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 16:19.999 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
1:59.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:28.691
And I update APT using apt 8.887
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.333
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.139
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.415
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.212
And I update APT using apt 6.320
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.756
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.245
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.663
And I enable persistence 17.514
And I log in to a new session 10.974
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.193
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.750
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.674
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.645
And I update APT using apt 5.486
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.366
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.289
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016
Given a computer 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.368
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.517
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
When I start Synaptic 12.394
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.749
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.745
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.662
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.204
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.608
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.910
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.509
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.403
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.135
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.855
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.042
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.192
And I enable persistence 6.703
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 11.776
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.233
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.057
And available upgrades have been checked 1.149
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.638
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.908
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.811
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.399
And I enable persistence 8.161
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 11.040
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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.825
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.075
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.474
And I enable persistence 6.677
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
And I log in to a new session 11.383
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.795
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.149
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008