Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4203 01 Feb 2026, 12:08

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 15:20.345 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
1:53.569
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.950
And I update APT using apt 6.505
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.438
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.184
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.986
And I update APT using apt 5.346
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 8.303
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.322
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.131
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.635
And I enable persistence 17.374
And I log in to a new session 11.868
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.278
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.651
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.466
And I update APT using apt 4.385
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.255
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.123
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.742
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.205
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.146
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.785
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
When I start Synaptic 12.447
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.498
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.496
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.708
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.681
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.757
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.297
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.319
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.959
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.393
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.738
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.442
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.698
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.921
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.800
And I enable persistence 6.399
# 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 0.009
# 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 9.569
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.707
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.944
And available upgrades have been checked 2.225
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.974
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.967
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.855
And I enable persistence 5.551
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.720
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.358
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.600
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.158
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.163
And I enable persistence 6.813
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.812
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.733
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.453
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007