Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6367 11 May 2026, 12:08

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 14:33.402 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
1:45.029
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 1:19.316
And I update APT using apt 6.612
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.870
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.650
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 47.993
And I update APT using apt 5.658
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.064
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.081
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.800
And I enable persistence 14.480
And I log in to a new session 10.632
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.117
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.601
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.627
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.989
And I update APT using apt 5.087
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.280
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 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.756
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.161
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.219
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.524
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
When I start Synaptic 12.876
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.222
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.979
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.662
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.288
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.833
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.468
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.939
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 a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.472
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.989
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.944
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.964
And I enable persistence 6.377
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.682
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.525
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.082
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.098
And available upgrades have been checked 2.183
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.518
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.594
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.811
And I enable persistence 6.378
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.361
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.216
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 17.924
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.397
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.294
And I enable persistence 6.957
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 9.913
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.715
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.352
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007