Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6339 30 Apr 2026, 15:51

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 15:28.185 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
1:51.855
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.907
And I update APT using apt 6.320
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.168
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.644
And I update APT using apt 5.368
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.002
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.196
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.348
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.639
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.750
And I enable persistence 18.182
And I log in to a new session 9.267
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.190
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.718
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.062
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 a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.024
And I update APT using apt 5.340
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.362
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.764
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.576
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
When I start Synaptic 12.719
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.699
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.604
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.893
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.575
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.623
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.276
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.320
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.039
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.278
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.529
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:59.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.187
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 9.113
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.052
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.552
And I enable persistence 7.399
# 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
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.114
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.948
And available upgrades have been checked 1.150
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.620
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.791
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.843
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.704
And I enable persistence 7.471
# 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 11.218
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.209
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.090
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 19.239
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.540
And I enable persistence 6.745
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
And I log in to a new session 11.801
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.726
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.271
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008