Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6432 07 Jun 2026, 07:21

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 14:4.709 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
1:40.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.725
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.229
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.400
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:34.313
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 45.093
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.832
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.238
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.393
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.993
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.675
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.012
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.582
And I enable persistence 15.169
And I log in to a new session 9.835
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.585
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.296
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.815
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.939
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.225
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.585
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.392
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.659
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
When I start Synaptic 12.313
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.347
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.833
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.560
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.578
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.270
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.003
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.827
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.383
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.313
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 8.800
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.732
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.298
And I enable persistence 5.092
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.516
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.216
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.688
And available upgrades have been checked 1.092
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.474
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.132
And I enable persistence 5.369
# 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 10.820
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.171
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.096
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.038
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.173
And I enable persistence 6.248
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 9.573
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.744
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.851
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006