Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6358 07 May 2026, 18:37

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 14:33.976 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
1:41.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.512
And I update APT using apt 6.226
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.954
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.553
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 50.966
And I update APT using apt 4.601
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.232
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.868
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.385
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.310
And I enable persistence 14.055
And I log in to a new session 11.438
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.132
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.672
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.687
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.010
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.318
And I update APT using apt 5.156
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.270
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.176
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.455
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.180
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.546
When I start Synaptic 12.494
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.503
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.242
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.410
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.694
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.273
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.209
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.873
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.231
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.394
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.389
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.870
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 8.799
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.827
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.744
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.728
And I enable persistence 5.905
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.345
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.219
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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.020
And available upgrades have been checked 3.182
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.644
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.723
And I enable persistence 7.274
# 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 10.592
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.352
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.814
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 a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.182
And I enable persistence 6.636
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 9.879
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.723
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.211
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007