Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6331 29 Apr 2026, 07:35

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 15:4.640 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
2:0.055
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:29.120
And I update APT using apt 7.557
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 9.501
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.588
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.548
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.870
And I update APT using apt 6.956
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.232
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 27.346
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.986
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.415
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.450
And I enable persistence 16.444
And I log in to a new session 10.128
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.632
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.611
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.495
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.164
And I update APT using apt 4.794
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.266
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.166
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.652
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.527
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.555
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
When I start Synaptic 12.149
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.386
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.621
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.242
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.175
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.808
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.426
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.337
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.151
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.413
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.692
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.845
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.266
And I enable persistence 5.525
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.273
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.243
And available upgrades have been checked 1.082
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.481
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.529
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.089
And I enable persistence 5.818
# 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 10.618
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.705
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.552
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.926
And I enable persistence 6.528
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 10.234
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.670
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.038
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032