Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4148 03 Jan 2026, 12:07

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 6 0 6 17:38.115 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
2:42.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:10.590
And I update APT using apt 7.730
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.305
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.847
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:28.346
And I update APT using apt 5.343
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.285
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.132
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.148
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.770
And I enable persistence 18.689
And I log in to a new session 11.822
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.237
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.834
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.702
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.400
And I update APT using apt 5.122
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.260
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.201
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.570
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.624
When I start Synaptic 13.659
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.702
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.445
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.609
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.702
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.208
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.570
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.077
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.758
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.954
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.208
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.580
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:25.095
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.394
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.952
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.652
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.886
And I enable persistence 7.249
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.529
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.426
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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 12.527
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.893
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.515
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.602
And I enable persistence 7.343
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 11.923
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.370
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 42.093
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.950
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.614
And I enable persistence 7.511
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 9.922
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.353
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.804
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009