Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6356 07 May 2026, 07:08

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 13:55.418 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
1:42.055
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.899
And I update APT using apt 5.981
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.461
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:36.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
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 45.912
And I update APT using apt 5.274
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.336
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.843
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.933
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.034
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.043
And I enable persistence 13.362
And I log in to a new session 9.518
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.115
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.699
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.616
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.556
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.244
And I update APT using apt 4.788
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.259
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.160
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.455
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.025
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.132
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.391
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.517
When I start Synaptic 11.892
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.387
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.745
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.549
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.189
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.027
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.776
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.397
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:22.440
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.524
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 8.415
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.641
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.557
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.871
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.756
And I enable persistence 6.393
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.110
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.557
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 0.429
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.451
And I enable persistence 5.476
# 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 9.896
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.205
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 15.724
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.020
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.300
And I enable persistence 6.264
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 9.796
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.749
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.764
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006