Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6235 25 Mar 2026, 15:17

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 15:48.240 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
1:56.469
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.391
And I update APT using apt 7.565
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.738
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.119
And I update APT using apt 7.178
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.049
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.315
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.410
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.996
And I enable persistence 17.882
And I log in to a new session 11.772
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.675
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.709
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.326
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:23.144
And I update APT using apt 5.490
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.378
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.142
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.687
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.189
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.605
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674
When I start Synaptic 13.411
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.763
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.241
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.933
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.473
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.813
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.335
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.746
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.088
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.635
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:25.501
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.771
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.864
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.703
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.857
And I enable persistence 7.200
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.814
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.256
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.817
And available upgrades have been checked 1.111
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.980
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.415
And I enable persistence 7.191
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 10.350
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.582
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 19.938
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.296
And I enable persistence 6.674
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 13.118
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.562
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.839
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008