Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6409 28 May 2026, 11:34

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 14:49.903 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
1:48.422
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.381
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.996
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.953
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.161
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.366
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.686
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.364
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.867
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.086
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.731
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.111
And I enable persistence 16.704
And I log in to a new session 9.608
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.621
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.655
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.353
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 a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.405
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.259
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.342
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.036
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.432
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
When I start Synaptic 12.619
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.197
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.044
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.429
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.943
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.347
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.990
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.785
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.475
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.856
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 9.195
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.984
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.795
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.237
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.611
And I enable persistence 6.977
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.852
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.604
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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.646
And available upgrades have been checked 1.121
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.561
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.585
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.068
And I enable persistence 6.538
# 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 12.218
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.280
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.690
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.993
And I enable persistence 6.769
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 10.790
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.678
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.358
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006