Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6465 20 Jun 2026, 11:44

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 14:40.662 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
1:45.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.384
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.734
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.861
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.196
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.937
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.372
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.865
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.634
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.502
And I enable persistence 18.447
And I log in to a new session 10.147
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.130
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.634
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.602
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.686
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.109
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.132
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.689
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.414
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.503
When I start Synaptic 12.208
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.638
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.261
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.322
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.192
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.804
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.511
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:40.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given a computer 0.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.450
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 8.524
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.918
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.373
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.552
And I enable persistence 10.315
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 9.879
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.227
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.541
And available upgrades have been checked 1.129
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.001
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.777
And I enable persistence 9.178
# 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 10.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 15.894
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.035
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.311
And I enable persistence 10.144
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 9.867
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.600
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.925
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017