Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6484 01 Jul 2026, 07:32

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 14:26.936 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
1:42.254
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 1:17.918
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.245
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.467
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:41.712
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.306
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.466
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.292
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.100
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.578
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.970
And I enable persistence 17.004
And I log in to a new session 10.413
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.131
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.564
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.611
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.346
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.084
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.745
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.233
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.888
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.091
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.417
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.504
When I start Synaptic 12.156
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.408
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.288
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.558
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.626
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.507
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.011
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.828
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.483
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:40.902
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.999
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 8.580
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.588
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.804
And I enable persistence 9.724
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 8.567
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.193
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.641
And available upgrades have been checked 2.144
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.040
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.646
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.243
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.328
And I enable persistence 9.819
# 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 10.216
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.203
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.831
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.354
And I enable persistence 9.543
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.075
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.670
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.019
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006