Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6506 15 Jul 2026, 07:41

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 14:40.507 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
1:43.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.538
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.821
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.244
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.955
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.402
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 45.359
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.774
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.302
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.106
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.793
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.630
And I enable persistence 17.335
And I log in to a new session 9.243
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.157
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.546
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.601
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.163
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.816
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.838
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.229
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.755
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 1:41.358
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.153
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.418
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
When I start Synaptic 12.285
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.398
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.869
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.402
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.240
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.058
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.822
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.235
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.429
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.568
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.123
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 8.547
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.622
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.684
And I enable persistence 12.362
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.404
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.178
And available upgrades have been checked 2.183
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.491
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.213
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.097
And I enable persistence 9.070
# 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 10.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 15.362
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.647
And I enable persistence 9.000
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 10.279
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.202
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.137
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006