Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6355 06 May 2026, 11:17

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 14:4.432 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
1:42.124
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 1:17.168
And I update APT using apt 6.457
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.245
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.974
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.411
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.277
And I update APT using apt 5.302
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.384
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.885
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.983
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.022
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.042
And I enable persistence 14.156
And I log in to a new session 9.556
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.166
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.605
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.630
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.691
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 an administration password 1:9.333
And I update APT using apt 4.805
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.257
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.525
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.370
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.414
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
When I start Synaptic 12.146
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.511
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.168
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.643
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.275
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.401
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.915
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.419
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.260
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.059
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.210
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.720
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.567
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.614
And I enable persistence 6.363
# 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
# 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 9.591
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.469
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
# 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 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.769
And available upgrades have been checked 1.087
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.124
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.697
And I enable persistence 6.583
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.188
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.224
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 15.599
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.419
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.555
And I enable persistence 5.421
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.656
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.619
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.966
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006