Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6105 29 Jan 2026, 16:22

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 6 0 6 14:54.136 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
1:48.253
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.139
And I update APT using apt 6.342
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.155
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.513
And I update APT using apt 5.636
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.493
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.089
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.220
And I enable persistence 15.492
And I log in to a new session 9.772
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.278
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.636
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.661
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.973
And I update APT using apt 4.457
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.229
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.022
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.210
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.215
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.767
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
When I start Synaptic 12.381
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.136
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.619
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.601
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.238
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.825
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.448
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.382
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.578
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.726
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.884
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.184
And I enable persistence 5.494
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.630
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.098
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.526
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.307
And I enable persistence 5.924
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 9.988
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.297
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.258
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.150
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.259
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.956
And I enable persistence 5.716
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.786
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.064
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.163
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007