Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6513 20 Jul 2026, 17:34

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 15:8.728 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
1:48.541
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.359
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.934
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.440
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 47.705
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.334
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.826
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.014
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.747
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.537
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.243
And I enable persistence 20.890
And I log in to a new session 10.123
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.478
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.590
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.700
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.396
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" and I login with an administration password 1:14.629
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.227
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.229
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.690
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.656
When I start Synaptic 12.953
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.596
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.531
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.606
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.324
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.077
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.861
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.504
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.647
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.048
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 9.264
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.833
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.198
And I enable persistence 10.527
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.566
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.809
And available upgrades have been checked 1.141
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.961
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.506
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.321
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.595
And I enable persistence 10.822
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 10.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.386
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.072
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.312
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 38.655
And I enable persistence 9.471
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.473
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.703
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.836
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007