Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6585 17 Aug 2026, 17:37

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 14:16.522 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
1:42.553
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 1:18.584
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.427
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.522
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.129
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.090
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 46.772
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.274
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.164
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.743
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.954
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.562
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.436
And I enable persistence 26.660
And I log in to a new session 8.696
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.372
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.655
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.672
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.138
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 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.779
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.695
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.180
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.256
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.497
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 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.456
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
When I start Synaptic 11.811
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.908
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.259
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.483
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.880
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.303
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.170
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 0.847
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.143
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.556
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.254
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 5.837
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.869
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.865
And I enable persistence 11.986
# 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
# 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 7.115
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.226
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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.574
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.337
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.388
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.104
And I enable persistence 11.270
# 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 0.016
And I log in to a new session 8.438
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 14.253
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.947
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.823
And I enable persistence 10.788
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.933
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.090
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.964
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005