Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6332 29 Apr 2026, 11:28

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 14:32.731 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
1:46.698
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.889
And I update APT using apt 6.625
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.115
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.234
And I update APT using apt 5.238
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.230
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.468
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.004
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.116
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.564
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.246
And I enable persistence 14.895
And I log in to a new session 10.328
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.670
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.648
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.608
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.729
And I update APT using apt 5.358
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.254
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.153
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.972
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.530
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.179
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.505
When I start Synaptic 12.451
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.518
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.460
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.681
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.232
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.069
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.868
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.481
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.569
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.046
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 8.387
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.929
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.880
And I enable persistence 6.436
# 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 0.004
# 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 9.743
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.768
And available upgrades have been checked 2.180
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.401
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.561
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.131
And I enable persistence 5.831
# 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 10.649
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.518
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.425
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.926
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 a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.915
And I enable persistence 6.578
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 10.355
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.638
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.270
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017