Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6387 19 May 2026, 18:39

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 14:19.905 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
1:46.127
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 1:19.838
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.686
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.494
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.533
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 48.696
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.797
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.898
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.651
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.006
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.805
And I enable persistence 17.694
And I log in to a new session 10.790
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.117
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.630
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.583
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.052
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.051
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.422
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.175
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.024
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.853
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.182
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.646
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
When I start Synaptic 12.360
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.400
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.213
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.209
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.126
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.946
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.446
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.034
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.364
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 9.042
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.635
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.991
And I enable persistence 5.703
# 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
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.503
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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.180
And available upgrades have been checked 2.242
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.475
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.312
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.341
And I enable persistence 6.786
# 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 10.280
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.055
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.047
And I enable persistence 6.701
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.734
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.614
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.855
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007