Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4204 02 Feb 2026, 12:03

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 14:36.147 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
1:43.874
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 1:18.993
And I update APT using apt 5.770
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.216
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.826
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:2.824
And I update APT using apt 4.973
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.466
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.795
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.109
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.137
And I enable persistence 15.098
And I log in to a new session 9.456
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.277
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.752
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.577
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.086
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.939
And I update APT using apt 4.619
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.136
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.487
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.941
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.498
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
When I start Synaptic 12.191
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.339
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.162
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.238
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.966
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.888
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.865
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.300
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 8.347
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.585
And I enable persistence 5.808
# 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 0.012
# 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 9.232
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.346
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 11.410
And available upgrades have been checked 1.114
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.615
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.002
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.994
And I enable persistence 5.703
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 8.757
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.310
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.032
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.144
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.893
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.455
And I enable persistence 5.630
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.615
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.617
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.115
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006