Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6383 18 May 2026, 11:26

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 14:45.990 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
1:46.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.590
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.461
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.334
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.694
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 48.093
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.135
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.344
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.750
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.570
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.751
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.153
And I enable persistence 16.446
And I log in to a new session 11.208
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.556
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.659
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.402
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 a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.797
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.024
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.286
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.170
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.712
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.291
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.451
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
When I start Synaptic 12.562
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.610
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.758
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.643
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.553
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.226
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.762
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.115
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.410
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 8.801
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.112
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.360
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.950
And I enable persistence 6.509
# 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 0.011
# 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 11.135
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.186
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.238
And available upgrades have been checked 2.179
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.548
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.682
And I enable persistence 5.728
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 10.869
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.448
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.473
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.785
And I enable persistence 5.796
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.971
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.620
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.125
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006