Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6716 01 Oct 2026, 17:15

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 15:58.952 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
2:11.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.420
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.259
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.513
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.156
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.086
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 51.256
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.734
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.532
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.036
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.514
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.632
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.638
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.098
And I enable persistence 21.271
And I log in to a new session 8.577
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.778
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.722
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.265
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.885
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.632
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.431
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.461
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.129
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.511
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.491
When I start Synaptic 11.765
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.009
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.111
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.822
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.913
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.291
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.312
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.399
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.768
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.483
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.231
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.924
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 5.587
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.972
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.886
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.021
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.637
And I enable persistence 12.940
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 8.157
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.241
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.533
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.377
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.492
And I enable persistence 12.004
# 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 8.025
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.387
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 15.772
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.094
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:14.149
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 a computer 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.014
And I enable persistence 13.682
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.320
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.192
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.454
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006