Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6330 28 Apr 2026, 20:05

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 14:33.557 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
1:42.098
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.464
And I update APT using apt 5.795
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.237
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.670
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.464
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 1:16.726
And I update APT using apt 5.867
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.368
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.720
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.072
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.685
And I enable persistence 13.099
And I log in to a new session 9.116
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.129
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.608
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.578
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.548
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.885
And I update APT using apt 5.171
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.242
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.143
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.029
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.678
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.476
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
When I start Synaptic 12.503
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.133
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.956
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.473
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.684
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.263
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.089
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.785
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.437
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.083
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 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.696
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.431
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.705
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.839
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.042
And I enable persistence 5.555
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.314
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.417
And available upgrades have been checked 1.108
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.468
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.477
And I enable persistence 5.508
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.111
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.172
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.259
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.333
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.453
And I enable persistence 5.337
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 9.595
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.764
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.025
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006