Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6596 19 Aug 2026, 13:30

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 14:11.083 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
1:43.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.170
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.491
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.259
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.961
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 50.006
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.654
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.987
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.466
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.777
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.805
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.065
And I enable persistence 20.762
And I log in to a new session 7.772
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.520
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.588
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.835
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.591
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.686
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.295
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.108
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026
Given a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.743
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.176
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.379
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
When I start Synaptic 12.249
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.048
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.908
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.523
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.131
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.603
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.158
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.005
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.781
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.210
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.539
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.872
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 a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.563
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 5.940
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.212
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.577
And I enable persistence 12.004
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.803
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.559
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.985
And available upgrades have been checked 0.069
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.358
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.276
And I enable persistence 11.350
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.331
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.397
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.102
And Tor is ready 16.006
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.818
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.291
And I enable persistence 10.818
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 7.251
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.647
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.638
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005