Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6468 22 Jun 2026, 11:46

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 14:33.590 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
1:43.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.269
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.152
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.333
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.356
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.958
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.842
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.473
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.327
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.983
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.003
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.602
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.254
And I enable persistence 19.311
And I log in to a new session 10.640
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.631
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.617
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.589
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.671
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 2.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.603
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.408
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
When I start Synaptic 12.416
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.451
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.425
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.568
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.251
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.111
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.852
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.427
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:40.691
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.555
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.350
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.035
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.476
And I enable persistence 10.007
# 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 0.004
# 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 9.610
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 12.971
And available upgrades have been checked 1.127
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.961
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.548
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.713
And I enable persistence 9.337
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 9.550
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.506
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 16.810
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.250
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.078
And I enable persistence 10.160
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.255
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.679
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.863
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007