Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6407 27 May 2026, 12:14

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 15:2.389 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
1:47.203
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 1:20.278
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.324
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.311
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.767
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
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 49.361
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.459
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.853
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.264
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.727
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.760
And I enable persistence 17.679
And I log in to a new session 10.232
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.220
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.677
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.718
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.581
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.850
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.980
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.320
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.273
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.431
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 a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.578
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.236
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.539
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
When I start Synaptic 12.472
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.541
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.570
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.440
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.677
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.265
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.110
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.811
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.450
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 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 1:18.405
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.531
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.851
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.980
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.645
And I enable persistence 6.812
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 11.639
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.231
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.997
And available upgrades have been checked 2.225
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.560
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.732
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.966
And I enable persistence 6.770
# 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 11.203
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.545
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.719
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.158
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.882
And I enable persistence 6.084
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.099
And I log in to a new session 11.922
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.706
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.299
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009