Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6375 14 May 2026, 20:00

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 15:19.516 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
1:49.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.893
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.707
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.325
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.479
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.961
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.259
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.879
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.324
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.590
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.840
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.741
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.969
And I enable persistence 17.687
And I log in to a new session 10.918
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.135
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.705
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.644
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.168
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.944
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.317
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.135
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.847
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.441
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.185
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.679
When I start Synaptic 12.643
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.774
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.385
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.905
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.825
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.297
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.594
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.146
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.210
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.185
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.796
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.265
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.087
And I enable persistence 6.752
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.934
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.317
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.500
And available upgrades have been checked 1.103
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.997
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.821
And I enable persistence 6.772
# 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 12.714
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.265
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.642
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.090
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.225
And I enable persistence 7.103
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.536
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.159
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.381
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011