Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6357 07 May 2026, 11:30

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 14:4.301 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
1:42.471
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 1:18.057
And I update APT using apt 5.347
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.238
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.176
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.039
And I update APT using apt 5.311
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.411
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.943
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.025
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.408
And I enable persistence 14.879
And I log in to a new session 10.034
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.183
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.696
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.972
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.633
And I update APT using apt 4.806
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.250
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.079
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.828
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.467
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
When I start Synaptic 12.218
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.382
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.629
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.300
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.155
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.816
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.242
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.456
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.690
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 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.600
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 8.805
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.618
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.672
And I enable persistence 5.741
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.937
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.192
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.005
And available upgrades have been checked 1.086
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.419
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.991
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.803
And I enable persistence 5.845
# 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 10.278
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.607
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.910
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.556
And I enable persistence 5.348
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.270
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.633
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.899
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006