Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6350 04 May 2026, 18:15

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 15:16.474 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
1:52.290
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.188
And I update APT using apt 6.790
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.551
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.990
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.491
And I update APT using apt 5.324
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.394
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.082
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.713
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.609
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.905
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.162
And I enable persistence 16.808
And I log in to a new session 9.754
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.723
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.717
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.570
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 0.145
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.149
And I update APT using apt 4.781
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.265
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.605
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.410
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.479
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
When I start Synaptic 13.073
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.706
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.358
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.808
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.595
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.763
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.815
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.490
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.057
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.636
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.728
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.342
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.887
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.085
And I enable persistence 6.936
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 10.834
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.228
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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.352
And available upgrades have been checked 1.108
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.143
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.444
And I enable persistence 6.866
# 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 11.723
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.206
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.741
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.093
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.231
And I enable persistence 7.079
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.066
And I log in to a new session 10.967
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.817
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.706
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018