Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6351 05 May 2026, 11:29

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 15:24.960 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
1:49.123
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 1:21.616
And I update APT using apt 6.189
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.685
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 50.353
And I update APT using apt 6.083
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.067
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.894
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.193
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.303
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.045
And I enable persistence 18.769
And I log in to a new session 11.427
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.194
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.683
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.702
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.377
And I update APT using apt 5.031
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.238
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.185
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.848
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.463
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
When I start Synaptic 12.481
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.626
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.451
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.679
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.218
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.790
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.357
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.503
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.921
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:0.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.568
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 9.213
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.923
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.477
And I enable persistence 7.239
# 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 0.037
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 11.903
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.478
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.650
And available upgrades have been checked 1.142
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.606
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 18.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.872
And I enable persistence 6.696
# 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 12.497
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.210
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 17.854
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.080
And I enable persistence 7.302
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
And I log in to a new session 11.855
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.842
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.638
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007