Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6494 09 Jul 2026, 11:44

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 14:22.531 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
1:40.891
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 1:16.581
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.201
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.358
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.898
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.583
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 50.615
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.153
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.324
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.498
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.990
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.595
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.004
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.228
And I enable persistence 19.131
And I log in to a new session 10.605
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.118
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.596
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.615
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.302
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 an administration password 1:8.002
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.718
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.332
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.528
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.503
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.258
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.421
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.498
When I start Synaptic 12.219
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.135
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.855
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.234
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.229
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.814
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.460
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.262
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.553
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 8.581
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.626
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.135
And I enable persistence 9.782
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.258
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.240
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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.648
And available upgrades have been checked 2.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.434
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.524
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.707
And I enable persistence 9.236
# 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 10.015
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.204
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.903
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.962
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.940
And I enable persistence 10.381
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 9.842
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.596
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.051
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005