Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6344 01 May 2026, 13:11

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 15:5.341 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
1:55.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.547
And I update APT using apt 6.258
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.482
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.773
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 57.326
And I update APT using apt 5.560
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 8.664
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.722
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.983
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.913
And I enable persistence 14.292
And I log in to a new session 10.515
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.177
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.611
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.564
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.312
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 a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.099
And I update APT using apt 4.669
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.242
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.181
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.661
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.008
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.238
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.572
When I start Synaptic 12.046
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.428
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.728
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.722
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.256
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.282
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.871
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.405
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.494
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 a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.132
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.491
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.721
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.421
And I enable persistence 6.546
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.449
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 0.040
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.794
And available upgrades have been checked 1.101
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.546
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.585
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.817
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.174
And I enable persistence 5.636
# 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 12.206
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.174
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.159
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.965
And I enable persistence 5.438
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.238
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.692
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.050
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007