Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6462 18 Jun 2026, 11:48

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 15:5.392 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
1:48.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.035
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.572
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.448
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.530
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.057
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.104
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.857
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.367
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.336
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.213
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.657
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.447
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.435
And I enable persistence 22.348
And I log in to a new session 10.562
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.771
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 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019
Given a computer 0.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.590
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.237
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.313
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.142
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given a computer 0.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.172
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.199
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.426
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.867
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.719
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.055
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.510
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.737
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.339
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.124
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.880
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.392
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.364
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019
Given a computer 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.012
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.874
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.785
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.488
And I enable persistence 10.318
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.105
And I log in to a new session 10.489
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.313
And available upgrades have been checked 3.199
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.441
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.430
And I enable persistence 10.220
# 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 11.338
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.920
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.290
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030
Given a computer 0.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.405
And I enable persistence 10.977
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.070
And I log in to a new session 9.639
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.648
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.338
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033