Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6714 01 Oct 2026, 11:17

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 13:32.894 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
1:38.536
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.723
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.269
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.129
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:29.702
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.056
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.042
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.155
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.555
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.954
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.553
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.009
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.266
And I enable persistence 18.203
And I log in to a new session 7.635
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.100
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.562
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.515
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.438
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.374
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.202
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.750
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.133
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.446
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.406
When I start Synaptic 11.396
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.807
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.747
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.279
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.499
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.133
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.545
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.481
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.142
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.844
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.131
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.449
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.127
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.994
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 5.365
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.893
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.458
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.519
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.549
And I enable persistence 10.200
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 6.657
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.669
And available upgrades have been checked 1.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.838
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.404
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.511
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.026
And I enable persistence 10.670
# 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 0.004
And I log in to a new session 7.462
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.151
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 15.075
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.028
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.658
And I enable persistence 10.601
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 6.900
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.463
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.849
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005