Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6489 06 Jul 2026, 07:38

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 15:22.937 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
1:47.723
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 1:20.014
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.882
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.290
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.932
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.822
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 50.003
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.807
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.258
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.455
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.255
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.659
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.666
And I enable persistence 19.233
And I log in to a new session 11.676
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.139
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.669
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.712
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.877
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.720
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.543
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.266
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.204
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.050
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.112
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.233
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.525
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.618
When I start Synaptic 12.797
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 22.650
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.369
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.246
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.109
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.776
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.438
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.871
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.723
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 17.808
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.886
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.595
And I enable persistence 9.805
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.514
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.496
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 13.112
And available upgrades have been checked 1.123
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.963
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.641
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.639
And I enable persistence 10.840
# 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 10.596
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.183
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.190
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.592
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.002
And I enable persistence 10.492
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 11.266
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.610
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.071
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005