Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6328 28 Apr 2026, 11:34

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 16:34.970 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
2:22.761
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 1:54.095
And I update APT using apt 7.518
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.956
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:25.728
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:20.492
And I update APT using apt 6.428
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.532
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.971
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.121
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.437
And I enable persistence 16.833
And I log in to a new session 11.335
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.167
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.923
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.797
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.614
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.159
And I update APT using apt 4.821
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
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 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.854
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.345
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.459
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.634
When I start Synaptic 12.977
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.667
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.236
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.644
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.659
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.371
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.329
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.868
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.533
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:5.989
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.579
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 9.334
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.835
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.748
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.106
And I enable persistence 6.817
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.761
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.596
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.031
And Tor is ready 14.015
And available upgrades have been checked 1.119
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.043
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.733
And I enable persistence 7.630
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 11.986
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.252
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.944
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.022
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.190
And I enable persistence 6.968
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 10.404
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.668
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.623
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007