Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6349 04 May 2026, 14:01

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 15:15.040 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
1:49.857
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.866
And I update APT using apt 6.106
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.377
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.587
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 51.274
And I update APT using apt 6.753
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.382
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.514
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.168
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.401
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.163
And I enable persistence 17.354
And I log in to a new session 10.247
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.838
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.629
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.415
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 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.623
And I update APT using apt 5.098
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.321
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.218
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.787
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.390
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.458
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.596
When I start Synaptic 12.763
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.675
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.008
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.478
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.741
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.323
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.505
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.921
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.505
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.998
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.625
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.748
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.929
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.659
And I enable persistence 7.450
# 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
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.033
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.518
And available upgrades have been checked 1.133
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.069
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.626
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.091
And I enable persistence 7.312
# 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 11.980
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.303
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 17.568
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.642
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.674
And I enable persistence 6.727
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 11.307
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.742
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.001
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009