Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6439 11 Jun 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 14:42.097 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
1:47.317
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 1:20.715
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.672
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.303
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.532
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.352
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 49.784
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.357
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.397
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.276
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.687
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.627
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.557
And I enable persistence 16.327
And I log in to a new session 11.402
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.128
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.684
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.728
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.790
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 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.945
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.205
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.256
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.189
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.348
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.162
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.658
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.629
When I start Synaptic 12.312
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.135
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.210
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.235
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.253
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.150
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.429
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.969
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.399
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 8.714
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.042
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.375
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.307
And I enable persistence 6.613
# 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
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.892
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.235
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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.701
And available upgrades have been checked 1.112
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.591
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.557
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.588
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.957
And I enable persistence 6.827
# 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 10.395
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.201
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.283
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.095
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.877
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.474
And I enable persistence 6.788
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.525
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.663
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.245
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006