Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6442 12 Jun 2026, 11:41

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 14:44.149 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
1:43.626
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.421
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.341
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.043
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.332
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.717
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.875
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.150
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.628
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.401
And I enable persistence 18.426
And I log in to a new session 10.091
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.094
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.646
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.843
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.833
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.252
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.141
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013
Given a computer 0.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.102
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.221
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.408
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.544
When I start Synaptic 12.493
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.647
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.586
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.607
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.545
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.023
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.808
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.438
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015
Given a computer 0.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.127
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 8.691
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.722
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.023
And I enable persistence 10.019
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.003
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.573
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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.847
And available upgrades have been checked 1.157
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.503
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.476
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.090
And I enable persistence 10.356
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.611
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.234
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.037
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given a computer 0.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.214
And I enable persistence 9.619
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.425
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.737
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.040
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017