Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6620 01 Sep 2026, 15:45

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 13:15.324 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
1:39.641
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 1:17.555
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.596
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.229
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 0.497
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:25.275
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 44.326
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.648
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.187
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.483
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.647
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.500
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.846
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.943
And I enable persistence 17.268
And I log in to a new session 7.117
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.648
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.420
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.986
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.637
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.144
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.122
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.314
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.111
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.438
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.393
When I start Synaptic 11.445
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.085
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.722
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.401
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.458
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.118
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.501
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.497
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.459
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.958
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.623
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.127
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.294
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:10.056
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:9.515
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.608
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.122
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.463
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.532
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.437
And I enable persistence 10.643
# 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 0.017
# 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 6.327
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.442
And available upgrades have been checked 0.030
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.852
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.477
And I enable persistence 11.437
# 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 6.950
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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 15.369
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.034
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.775
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.065
And I enable persistence 10.376
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.028
And I log in to a new session 6.426
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.895
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.626
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005