Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6658 10 Sep 2026, 15:57

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 13:21.294 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
1:47.366
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.809
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.718
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.189
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.088
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:26.297
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.463
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.148
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.139
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.093
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.830
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.511
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.797
And I enable persistence 18.076
And I log in to a new session 7.065
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.124
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.588
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.499
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.831
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 59.801
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.550
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.213
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.851
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.268
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.407
When I start Synaptic 11.575
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.020
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.595
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.545
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.111
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.491
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.369
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.177
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.638
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.126
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.453
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:5.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.168
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 5.393
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.121
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.449
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.125
And I enable persistence 10.151
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 7.037
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.417
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.734
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.176
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.379
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.853
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.875
And I enable persistence 10.841
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 7.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.186
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.515
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.993
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.514
And I enable persistence 10.785
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 8.142
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.340
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.798
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005