Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6329 28 Apr 2026, 14:02

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 15:52.737 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
1:51.714
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 1:24.202
And I update APT using apt 6.674
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.370
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.536
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.669
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 52.142
And I update APT using apt 6.613
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.253
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.057
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.302
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.720
And I enable persistence 20.764
And I log in to a new session 12.192
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.179
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.679
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.708
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:35.587
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.019
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.529
And I update APT using apt 5.268
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.323
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.295
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.062
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.967
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.225
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.561
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.639
When I start Synaptic 13.163
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.555
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.866
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.447
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.702
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.546
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.791
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.548
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.895
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.502
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:9.647
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.561
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.505
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.883
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.709
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.070
And I enable persistence 6.670
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 11.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.231
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 18.251
And available upgrades have been checked 2.159
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.470
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.722
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.536
And I enable persistence 7.228
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 10.816
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.306
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.098
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 18.592
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.057
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" with network unplugged 39.534
And I enable persistence 6.620
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 12.447
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.837
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.439
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007