Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6646 08 Sep 2026, 11:44

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 14:7.882 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
1:41.882
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.484
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.525
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.297
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 0.869
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.581
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 48.215
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.943
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.235
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.082
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.330
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.605
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.297
And I enable persistence 18.808
And I log in to a new session 8.492
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.129
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.644
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.639
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.534
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.703
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.407
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.153
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.138
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.511
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.138
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.511
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
When I start Synaptic 11.577
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.212
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.809
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.317
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.318
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.109
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.083
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.694
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.531
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.038
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.206
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 5.615
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.875
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.951
And I enable persistence 11.980
# 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
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 7.364
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.535
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.713
And available upgrades have been checked 1.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.391
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.862
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.534
And I enable persistence 11.842
# 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 7.968
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 15.974
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.188
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 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.259
And I enable persistence 11.892
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
And I log in to a new session 7.798
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.893
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.877
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007