Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4158 08 Jan 2026, 12:22

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 18:19.645 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
2:57.321
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:26.277
And I update APT using apt 8.286
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.320
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.151
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:18.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.024
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.853
And I update APT using apt 5.894
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.606
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.379
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.234
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.133
And I enable persistence 24.200
And I log in to a new session 12.327
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.814
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.872
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.853
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.935
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 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.968
And I update APT using apt 6.178
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.360
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.183
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:45.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:17.265
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.584
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.705
When I start Synaptic 14.023
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.943
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.518
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.725
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.711
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.566
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.685
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.101
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.233
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.030
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.594
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:27.648
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 3.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:30.678
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 8.821
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.561
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.506
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.684
And I enable persistence 7.932
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 12.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.396
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 13.992
And available upgrades have been checked 0.065
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.989
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.509
And I enable persistence 9.633
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 12.289
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.335
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 22.996
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.185
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.887
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.314
And I enable persistence 7.611
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.174
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.951
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.030
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008