Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6338 30 Apr 2026, 11:23

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 14:49.006 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
1:47.566
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 1:20.519
And I update APT using apt 6.769
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.400
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.322
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.613
And I update APT using apt 5.226
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.954
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.016
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.686
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.577
And I enable persistence 15.210
And I log in to a new session 10.639
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.809
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.908
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.429
And I update APT using apt 4.936
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.252
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.908
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 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.369
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.477
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.573
When I start Synaptic 12.444
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.559
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.665
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.788
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.193
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.589
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.918
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.473
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.235
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.015
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.898
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.205
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.191
And I enable persistence 5.885
# 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 0.008
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 9.995
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.270
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.555
And available upgrades have been checked 1.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.660
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.793
And I enable persistence 5.852
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 10.636
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.517
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.349
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.100
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.474
And I enable persistence 6.622
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.987
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.647
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.159
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016