Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6533 27 Jul 2026, 13:33

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 15:34.881 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
1:53.776
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.786
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.966
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.350
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.074
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.367
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 50.529
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.705
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.877
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.301
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.680
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.731
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.760
And I enable persistence 20.123
And I log in to a new session 10.787
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.654
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.664
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.744
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.191
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.964
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.260
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.170
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.672
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 a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.085
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.198
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.417
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.547
When I start Synaptic 12.518
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.143
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.860
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.507
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.800
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.460
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.587
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.902
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.231
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.463
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:2.184
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.467
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.472
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.953
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.053
And I enable persistence 9.507
# 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 0.015
# 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 0.086
And I log in to a new session 11.142
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 20.664
And available upgrades have been checked 2.148
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.554
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.642
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.810
And I enable persistence 10.305
# 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 10.740
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.196
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.347
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.136
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.638
And I enable persistence 11.172
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 9.931
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.686
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.537
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008