Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4182 22 Jan 2026, 12:00

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 19:34.612 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
2:26.422
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.006
And I update APT using apt 6.230
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.392
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.308
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:34.591
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 55.611
And I update APT using apt 5.383
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.680
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.936
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 29.061
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 3.419
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.616
And I enable persistence 28.225
And I log in to a new session 15.056
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.910
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.241
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.735
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:26.919
And I update APT using apt 5.643
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.331
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.271
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.327
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.704
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.677
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.731
When I start Synaptic 14.760
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.056
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 15.640
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.836
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.377
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 4.824
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 2.073
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.906
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.865
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.296
When I install "cowsay" using apt 6.721
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.736
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:41.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.406
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.077
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 9.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.875
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 49.439
And I enable persistence 10.319
# 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
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 14.142
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 21.285
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 0.082
And the network is plugged 4.074
And Tor is ready 14.157
And available upgrades have been checked 0.074
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.676
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.025
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.916
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.415
And I enable persistence 11.572
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 12.413
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.881
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 25.871
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.175
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:25.489
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 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.675
And I enable persistence 10.064
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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 15.036
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.656
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.144
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010