Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6385 19 May 2026, 14:01

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 15:25.921 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
1:50.638
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.249
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.811
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.661
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.483
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 51.059
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.613
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.667
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.059
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.698
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.101
And I enable persistence 18.723
And I log in to a new session 12.675
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.544
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.661
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.897
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.486
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.232
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.642
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.331
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.569
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.673
When I start Synaptic 12.548
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.597
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.050
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.281
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.477
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.941
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.074
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.939
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.249
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.962
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.466
And I enable persistence 6.891
# 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 0.089
And I log in to a new session 10.402
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.226
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.165
And available upgrades have been checked 1.148
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.624
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.601
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.701
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.234
And I enable persistence 6.656
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 12.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.599
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.683
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.076
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.556
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.596
And I enable persistence 7.076
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063
And I log in to a new session 9.668
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.774
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.218
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006