Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6361 08 May 2026, 18:12

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 14:7.858 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
1:43.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.856
And I update APT using apt 6.577
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.373
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.990
And I update APT using apt 5.227
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.009
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.268
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.177
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.668
And I enable persistence 16.240
And I log in to a new session 9.265
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.135
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.592
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.546
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.025
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.019
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.449
And I update APT using apt 5.041
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.254
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.282
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.605
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.503
When I start Synaptic 12.133
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.116
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.292
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.575
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.196
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.041
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.789
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.144
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 8.859
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.712
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.505
And I enable persistence 5.329
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.216
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.171
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.555
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.441
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.480
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.391
And I enable persistence 6.107
# 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 10.541
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.538
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.491
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.089
And I enable persistence 5.514
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.640
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.618
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.703
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005