Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6493 09 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 15:4.947 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
1:47.606
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 1:20.083
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.737
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.319
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.108
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.312
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 49.435
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.432
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.724
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.010
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.715
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.408
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.532
And I enable persistence 19.947
And I log in to a new session 10.278
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.150
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.636
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.651
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.072
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 a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.363
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.104
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 2.218
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.467
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 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.139
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.661
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I start Synaptic 12.599
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.465
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.760
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.413
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.619
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.195
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.324
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.871
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.417
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.714
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 1:21.735
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 8.518
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.977
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.144
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.084
And I enable persistence 9.688
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.705
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.219
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.039
And available upgrades have been checked 1.114
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.482
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.251
And I enable persistence 10.260
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.442
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.245
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.526
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.774
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" with network unplugged 37.454
And I enable persistence 9.365
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.763
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.937
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.090
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005