Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6334 29 Apr 2026, 13:13

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 15:58.600 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
1:59.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.623
And I update APT using apt 8.201
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.927
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.137
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.210
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.323
And I update APT using apt 6.291
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.090
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.119
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.876
And I enable persistence 18.347
And I log in to a new session 11.833
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.729
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.679
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.272
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.873
And I update APT using apt 5.697
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
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 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 10.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.682
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.499
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.665
When I start Synaptic 12.881
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.633
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.026
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.660
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.267
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.662
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.877
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.223
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.559
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:13.002
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:28.264
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.952
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.958
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.718
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.030
And I enable persistence 6.975
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 11.939
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.269
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.913
And available upgrades have been checked 2.234
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.048
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.374
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.423
And I enable persistence 8.306
# 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 12.214
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.690
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.917
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.809
And I enable persistence 6.926
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 12.086
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.856
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.328
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033