Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6360 08 May 2026, 13:28

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 15:10.129 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
1:49.520
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.010
And I update APT using apt 6.767
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.346
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.163
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.869
And I update APT using apt 5.908
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.070
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.212
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.752
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.919
And I enable persistence 17.175
And I log in to a new session 12.380
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.183
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.687
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.790
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.269
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.175
And I update APT using apt 5.507
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.157
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.225
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.552
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.892
When I start Synaptic 12.921
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.669
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.886
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.720
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.357
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.624
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.924
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.563
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.107
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.112
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.841
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.677
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.251
And I enable persistence 7.044
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.107
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.229
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.926
And available upgrades have been checked 3.254
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.486
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.844
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.343
And I enable persistence 6.881
# 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 11.003
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.209
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.572
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.977
And I enable persistence 5.591
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.074
And I log in to a new session 10.253
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.687
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.095
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007