Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6496 11 Jul 2026, 11:34

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 14:25.238 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
1:41.105
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 1:16.546
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.901
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.237
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.842
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 48.177
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.572
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.991
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.804
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.727
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.974
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.666
And I enable persistence 19.458
And I log in to a new session 9.595
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.507
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.618
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.621
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.425
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" and I login with an administration password 1:8.335
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.589
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.129
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.042
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.470
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
When I start Synaptic 12.037
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.525
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.415
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.560
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.589
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.071
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.774
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.398
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.157
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 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.287
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.330
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.835
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.942
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.325
And I enable persistence 8.869
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.130
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.214
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.656
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.498
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.973
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.104
And I enable persistence 9.672
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 10.415
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.176
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.068
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.627
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" with network unplugged 35.461
And I enable persistence 8.993
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 9.785
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.759
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.088
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005