Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6353 05 May 2026, 13:25

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 16:0.729 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
1:54.249
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.083
And I update APT using apt 7.085
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.396
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.085
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.640
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.249
And I update APT using apt 6.426
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.492
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.560
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.305
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.321
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.317
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.447
And I enable persistence 18.538
And I log in to a new session 12.841
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.170
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.770
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.021
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.217
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.722
And I update APT using apt 5.709
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.327
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.313
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.099
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.887
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.533
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
When I start Synaptic 12.455
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.743
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.129
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.506
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.959
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.285
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.500
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.330
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.783
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.044
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.243
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.484
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:7.924
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.846
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 10.290
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.049
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.750
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.770
And I enable persistence 7.053
# 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 0.008
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.465
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.277
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.878
And available upgrades have been checked 2.200
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.549
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.570
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.036
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.908
And I enable persistence 7.783
# 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 11.666
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.315
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 19.115
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.764
And I enable persistence 7.158
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 12.635
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.786
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.059
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006