Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6475 29 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 15:6.512 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
1:43.776
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 1:17.952
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.921
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.372
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.722
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.846
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.404
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.326
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.885
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.718
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.372
And I enable persistence 20.000
And I log in to a new session 11.675
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.125
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.766
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.095
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.463
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.126
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.237
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.432
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.215
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.184
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.627
When I start Synaptic 13.017
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.400
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.711
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.563
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.242
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.122
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.851
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.395
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.390
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 9.328
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.755
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.573
And I enable persistence 9.919
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.578
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.256
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.809
And available upgrades have been checked 2.181
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.491
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.419
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.897
And I enable persistence 10.446
# 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 11.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.235
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 17.269
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.289
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.369
And I enable persistence 10.315
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.628
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.736
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.086
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011