Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6510 18 Jul 2026, 11:41

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 15:4.009 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
1:46.505
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 1:19.121
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.525
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.498
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.568
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 47.934
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.096
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.204
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.691
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.754
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.991
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.523
And I enable persistence 19.533
And I log in to a new session 9.070
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.150
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.609
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.614
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.022
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.771
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.487
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.314
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.299
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.128
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.249
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.417
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
When I start Synaptic 12.422
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.518
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.359
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.677
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.328
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.104
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.436
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:52.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.593
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 8.657
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.986
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.271
And I enable persistence 9.459
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.148
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.244
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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.101
And available upgrades have been checked 2.180
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.413
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.639
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.672
And I enable persistence 9.559
# 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 10.108
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.189
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.192
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.961
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 a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.430
And I enable persistence 10.868
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.574
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.777
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.146
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007