Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6346 02 May 2026, 11:16

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 14:14.670 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
1:43.268
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 1:17.609
And I update APT using apt 6.338
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.614
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.306
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
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 47.291
And I update APT using apt 5.893
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.750
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.885
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.031
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.475
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.319
And I enable persistence 16.007
And I log in to a new session 9.611
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.455
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.584
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.586
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.176
And I update APT using apt 4.548
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.217
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.159
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.861
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.020
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.221
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.426
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
When I start Synaptic 12.098
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.500
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.488
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.271
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.025
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.820
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.242
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.774
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.890
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 8.706
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.666
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.640
And I enable persistence 6.407
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.483
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.269
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.471
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.398
And I enable persistence 6.500
# 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 10.841
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.171
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 15.414
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.234
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.759
And I enable persistence 5.380
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.360
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.748
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.808
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006