Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6463 18 Jun 2026, 16:21

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 14:37.198 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
1:45.105
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.699
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.139
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.451
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 8.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:40.581
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.919
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.605
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.918
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.782
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.748
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.660
And I enable persistence 17.575
And I log in to a new session 10.282
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.115
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.614
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.571
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given a computer 0.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.976
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.899
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.234
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.199
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015
Given a computer 0.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.645
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.160
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.403
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.470
When I start Synaptic 12.228
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.159
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.701
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.579
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.143
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.480
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.585
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.331
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.000
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.780
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018
Given a computer 0.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.009
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.595
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.941
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.260
And I enable persistence 9.414
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.436
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.541
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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.406
And available upgrades have been checked 2.187
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.397
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.524
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.882
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.399
And I enable persistence 10.011
# 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 10.480
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.158
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 16.827
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.188
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.582
And I enable persistence 10.242
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 10.139
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 6.290
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056