Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6470 24 Jun 2026, 11:38

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 15:12.443 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
1:46.507
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 1:19.414
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.792
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.327
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.654
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.522
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.546
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.710
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.423
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.496
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.626
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.491
And I enable persistence 20.819
And I log in to a new session 10.551
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.166
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.602
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.638
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.948
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.468
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.853
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.294
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.643
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.109
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.454
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
When I start Synaptic 12.345
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.448
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.301
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.477
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.216
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.423
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.874
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.469
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.430
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 a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.745
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 8.696
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.980
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.805
And I enable persistence 9.182
# 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
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.092
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.205
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.811
And available upgrades have been checked 1.099
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.968
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 22.584
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.878
And I enable persistence 10.268
# 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 11.629
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.230
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.517
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.792
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 a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.865
And I enable persistence 9.767
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 10.242
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.911
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.324
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018