Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6445 15 Jun 2026, 11:52

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 15:30.856 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
1:50.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.236
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.782
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.360
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.228
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.295
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.524
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.609
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.468
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.548
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.719
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.271
And I enable persistence 18.656
And I log in to a new session 12.109
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.534
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.681
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.596
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.692
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.223
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.236
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.314
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025
Given a computer 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.057
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.508
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.598
When I start Synaptic 12.492
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.154
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.748
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.447
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.694
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.393
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.405
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.842
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.448
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.741
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019
Given a computer 0.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.495
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.818
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.938
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.606
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.262
And I enable persistence 10.706
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.662
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.680
And available upgrades have been checked 1.149
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.065
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.490
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.054
And I enable persistence 10.564
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 10.606
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.277
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 18.370
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:14.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.031
Given a computer 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.815
And I enable persistence 11.469
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 11.710
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.807
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.030
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017