Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6486 01 Jul 2026, 15:58

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 15:36.357 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
1:50.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.355
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.155
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.768
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.297
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.588
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.255
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.611
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.299
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.927
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.365
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.606
And I enable persistence 23.122
And I log in to a new session 12.129
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.557
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.727
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.410
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.082
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.271
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.130
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.057
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.431
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.696
When I start Synaptic 12.351
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.847
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.200
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.553
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.853
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.474
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.001
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.809
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.490
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.124
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 9.056
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.856
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.772
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.329
And I enable persistence 10.654
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 12.507
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.194
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.243
And available upgrades have been checked 1.111
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 2.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.421
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.238
And I enable persistence 9.676
# 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 11.771
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.531
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 19.775
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.558
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.157
And I enable persistence 11.810
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.354
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.840
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.190
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010