Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6492 08 Jul 2026, 11:42

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 15:17.531 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
1:46.359
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 1:20.047
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.530
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.559
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.173
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.855
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.397
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.432
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.983
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.601
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.924
And I enable persistence 20.225
And I log in to a new session 10.651
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.168
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.812
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.679
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.868
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.322
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.969
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.292
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.170
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.049
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.609
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.419
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.620
When I start Synaptic 12.112
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.484
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.168
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.687
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.408
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.629
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.279
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.882
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.411
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:59.227
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.302
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 9.264
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.831
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.006
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.838
And I enable persistence 10.568
# 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 0.015
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 10.820
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 0.042
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.364
And available upgrades have been checked 2.185
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.515
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.872
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.823
And I enable persistence 9.764
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 11.768
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.326
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.804
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.054
And I enable persistence 10.270
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.578
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.154
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.157
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006