Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6368 11 May 2026, 20:26

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 15:54.065 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
2:4.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 1:35.363
And I update APT using apt 7.000
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.463
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.752
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.801
And I update APT using apt 6.945
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.312
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.066
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.137
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.641
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.648
And I enable persistence 17.493
And I log in to a new session 12.973
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.184
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.741
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.785
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.794
And I update APT using apt 5.426
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.344
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.281
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.486
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.404
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.290
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.430
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576
When I start Synaptic 12.852
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.638
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.053
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.893
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.679
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.455
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.616
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.042
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.245
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.442
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.763
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.310
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.502
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.033
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.905
And I enable persistence 7.028
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 11.428
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.231
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.139
# 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 0.118
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.532
And available upgrades have been checked 0.066
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.723
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.919
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.829
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.123
And I enable persistence 7.620
# 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 0.030
And I log in to a new session 11.880
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.231
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 20.275
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.805
And I enable persistence 6.575
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 12.072
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.534
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.390
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008