Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6426 03 Jun 2026, 15:34

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 14:54.715 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
1:46.477
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 1:19.510
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.468
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.316
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.904
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.228
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.730
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.815
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.899
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.869
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.705
And I enable persistence 16.880
And I log in to a new session 10.898
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.560
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.681
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.697
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.519
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.643
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.322
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.481
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.686
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.436
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
When I start Synaptic 12.579
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.567
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.763
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.794
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.677
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.243
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.526
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.910
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.431
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.274
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 8.557
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.889
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.853
And I enable persistence 6.397
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 11.397
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.356
And available upgrades have been checked 2.157
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.990
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.576
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.430
And I enable persistence 5.629
# 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 11.194
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.249
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.616
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.953
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.775
And I enable persistence 6.779
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.707
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.661
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.858
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013