Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6336 29 Apr 2026, 15:42

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 15:0.156 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
1:54.819
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.901
And I update APT using apt 8.249
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.244
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.135
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.325
And I update APT using apt 5.816
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.644
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.212
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.196
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.517
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.771
And I enable persistence 17.022
And I log in to a new session 9.459
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.470
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.661
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.674
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.368
And I update APT using apt 4.746
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.312
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.467
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 1:39.043
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.232
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.609
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
When I start Synaptic 12.352
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.548
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.668
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.501
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.654
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.300
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.315
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.047
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.444
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.285
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 8.539
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.845
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.765
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.497
And I enable persistence 5.973
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 10.583
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.247
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 12.678
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.527
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.491
And I enable persistence 6.780
# 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 11.387
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.187
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.885
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.596
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.162
And I enable persistence 6.507
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
And I log in to a new session 11.228
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.605
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.870
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023