Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6660 12 Sep 2026, 11:26

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 13:26.126 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
1:35.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:14.302
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.242
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.180
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.769
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.936
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 58.262
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.532
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.161
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.122
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.557
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.924
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.833
And I enable persistence 16.852
And I log in to a new session 6.815
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.616
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.488
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.013
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.165
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.411
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.168
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.663
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.427
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.137
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.475
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.385
When I start Synaptic 11.711
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.823
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.914
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.301
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.486
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.114
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.306
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.472
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.139
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.235
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.130
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.482
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:7.975
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.465
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 5.152
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.987
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.448
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.396
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 7.774
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.149
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.659
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.789
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.899
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.998
And I enable persistence 10.858
# 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 6.946
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.141
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 14.547
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.981
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.257
And I enable persistence 10.770
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 6.803
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.442
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.346
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005