Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6749 15 Oct 2026, 11:29

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 15:1.894 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
2:28.969
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 1:39.032
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.253
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.541
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.871
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.593
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 43.637
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.329
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.668
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.240
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.212
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.614
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.969
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.089
And I enable persistence 17.069
And I log in to a new session 7.443
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.102
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.588
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.531
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.131
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.181
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.364
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.334
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.131
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.873
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.519
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.158
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.509
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.381
When I start Synaptic 11.790
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.838
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.073
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.478
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.472
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" 0.514
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.071
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.895
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.670
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.277
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:9.442
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.175
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.695
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.052
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.423
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.888
And I enable persistence 10.362
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 7.387
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.156
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.178
And available upgrades have been checked 0.038
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.327
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.691
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.443
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.224
And I enable persistence 10.545
# 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 7.289
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.150
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.485
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.885
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.873
And I enable persistence 10.482
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 6.829
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.053
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.271
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013