Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6677 17 Sep 2026, 11:41

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 13:44.124 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
1:40.540
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.146
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.333
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.249
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.278
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:32.437
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.749
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.317
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.187
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.645
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.783
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.671
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.028
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.877
And I enable persistence 18.799
And I log in to a new session 6.915
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.569
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.078
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.546
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.148
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.272
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.239
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.135
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.488
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.462
When I start Synaptic 11.864
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.143
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.375
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.510
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.548
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.280
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.814
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.513
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.167
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.486
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:22.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.885
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.459
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.026
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.290
And I enable persistence 11.126
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 8.811
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.400
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.514
And available upgrades have been checked 1.147
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.860
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.916
And I enable persistence 11.562
# 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 7.765
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.182
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 16.174
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.038
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.071
And I enable persistence 11.376
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.981
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.549
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.827
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074