Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6345 02 May 2026, 07:15

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 14:36.623 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
1:45.343
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.640
And I update APT using apt 5.771
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.954
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 48.757
And I update APT using apt 5.237
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.366
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.490
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.810
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.274
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.830
And I enable persistence 16.304
And I log in to a new session 9.299
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.198
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.792
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.681
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.241
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.697
And I update APT using apt 4.930
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.976
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.293
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.179
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.409
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
When I start Synaptic 12.271
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.484
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.131
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.502
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.359
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.166
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.276
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.427
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.476
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 9.038
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.860
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.763
And I enable persistence 6.723
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.254
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.251
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.967
And available upgrades have been checked 1.089
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.044
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 17.427
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.088
And I enable persistence 6.746
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 10.084
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.469
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.314
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.657
And I enable persistence 6.210
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 10.513
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.666
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.105
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006