Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6477 30 Jun 2026, 11:40

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 14:16.945 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
1:43.144
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.157
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.220
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.226
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:36.165
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 45.706
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.349
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.230
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.938
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.154
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.531
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.543
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.895
And I enable persistence 17.609
And I log in to a new session 9.567
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.153
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.583
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.794
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.359
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 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.203
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.635
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.253
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.160
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.090
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.684
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.185
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.610
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
When I start Synaptic 12.233
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.331
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.266
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.580
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.210
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.886
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.798
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.412
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.343
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 1:16.424
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 8.852
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.684
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.569
And I enable persistence 8.782
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 8.949
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.535
And available upgrades have been checked 2.147
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.396
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.093
And I enable persistence 9.104
# 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 10.236
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.336
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.843
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.448
And I enable persistence 9.139
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.723
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.611
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.740
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006