Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6490 06 Jul 2026, 11:47

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 15:18.295 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
1:44.832
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.688
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.193
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.409
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.772
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 49.626
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.247
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.416
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.748
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.758
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.278
And I enable persistence 20.672
And I log in to a new session 9.501
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.568
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.723
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.675
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.000
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.925
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 2.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.818
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.928
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.413
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
When I start Synaptic 12.532
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.441
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.883
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.732
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.323
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.317
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.198
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.438
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.469
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.746
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.005
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.028
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.671
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.998
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.952
And I enable persistence 9.322
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.997
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.511
And available upgrades have been checked 1.116
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.582
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.506
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.361
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.668
And I enable persistence 10.848
# 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 10.962
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.525
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.991
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.930
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.182
And I enable persistence 9.969
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 10.155
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.662
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.786
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006