Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6401 24 May 2026, 11:24

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 14:10.845 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
1:41.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.984
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.104
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.966
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:39.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.170
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.022
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.223
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.910
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.086
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.706
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.952
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.602
And I enable persistence 15.252
And I log in to a new session 9.524
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.118
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.626
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.938
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.516
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.902
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.247
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.712
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.224
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.414
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.460
When I start Synaptic 12.714
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.376
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.550
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.447
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.163
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.063
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.859
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.224
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.462
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.992
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.509
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.614
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.682
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.984
And I enable persistence 6.799
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.635
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.186
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.077
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.354
And available upgrades have been checked 1.097
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.533
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.017
And I enable persistence 5.746
# 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 10.132
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.609
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.770
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.192
And I enable persistence 5.544
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.335
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.647
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.855
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006