Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6348 04 May 2026, 11:21

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 14:57.375 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
1:47.891
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 1:20.608
And I update APT using apt 6.349
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.353
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.131
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 48.438
And I update APT using apt 5.833
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.999
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.079
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.121
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.159
And I enable persistence 16.618
And I log in to a new session 10.402
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.598
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.671
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.122
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.539
And I update APT using apt 4.994
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.303
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.143
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.427
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.151
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.720
When I start Synaptic 12.217
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.458
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.710
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.592
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.098
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.422
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.131
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.763
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.432
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.850
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.319
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.044
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.878
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.243
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.127
And I enable persistence 6.167
# 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 0.007
# 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 9.934
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.256
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.066
And Tor is ready 12.750
And available upgrades have been checked 1.156
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.003
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.840
And I enable persistence 7.057
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 10.720
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 15.979
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.358
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.453
And I enable persistence 6.612
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 10.265
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.348
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.216
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007