Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6509 17 Jul 2026, 11:35

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 14:22.713 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
1:43.070
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 1:17.605
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.644
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.556
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:41.215
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.807
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.116
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.964
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.629
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.155
And I enable persistence 17.077
And I log in to a new session 9.133
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.631
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.569
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.390
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.356
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.574
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.224
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.134
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.574
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 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.865
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.398
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.514
When I start Synaptic 11.946
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.099
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.580
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.587
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.222
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.510
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.684
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.523
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.955
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.751
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.499
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:29.805
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.779
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 8.911
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.628
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.657
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.688
And I enable persistence 8.599
# 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
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.444
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 0.046
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.794
And available upgrades have been checked 1.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.956
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.001
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.458
And I enable persistence 8.720
# 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 9.139
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.106
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.655
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.328
And I enable persistence 8.505
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 9.697
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.633
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.029
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005