Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6414 01 Jun 2026, 14:42

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 14:5.401 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
1:41.056
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 1:15.950
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.376
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.299
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.539
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:39.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.579
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.226
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.325
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.935
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.350
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.742
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.696
And I enable persistence 14.714
And I log in to a new session 9.422
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.163
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.710
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.578
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.177
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.833
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.838
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.252
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.214
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.797
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.663
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
When I start Synaptic 12.098
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.335
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.123
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.170
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.979
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.871
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.404
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.283
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.009
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 8.191
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.971
And I enable persistence 6.506
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 9.149
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.491
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.280
And available upgrades have been checked 1.138
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.006
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.824
And I enable persistence 5.590
# 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 10.416
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.200
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 14.925
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.105
And I enable persistence 5.624
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.068
And I log in to a new session 9.798
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.223
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.948
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006