Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6420 03 Jun 2026, 11:27

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 14:33.837 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
1:46.424
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 1:19.263
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.605
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.937
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.789
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 47.561
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.906
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.376
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.732
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.653
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.473
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.706
And I enable persistence 15.250
And I log in to a new session 11.026
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.137
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.631
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.892
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.536
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.882
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.040
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.168
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.094
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.838
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.435
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.465
When I start Synaptic 12.435
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.535
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.717
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.483
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.321
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.389
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.970
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.249
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.486
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.758
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.196
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 8.719
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.841
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.775
And I enable persistence 6.643
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.655
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.242
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.960
And available upgrades have been checked 3.179
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.450
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.170
And I enable persistence 5.398
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.532
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.158
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.166
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.233
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.051
And I enable persistence 6.911
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 11.142
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.588
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.350
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006