Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4205 03 Feb 2026, 08:55

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 17:15.490 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
2:16.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:45.407
And I update APT using apt 8.826
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.038
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.536
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 47.193
And I update APT using apt 5.284
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.060
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.082
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.270
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.368
And I enable persistence 21.473
And I log in to a new session 13.686
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.357
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.984
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.701
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.525
And I update APT using apt 5.297
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.329
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.178
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.728
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.622
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I start Synaptic 13.386
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.821
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.860
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.792
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.771
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.245
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.678
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.762
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.078
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.160
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.088
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.775
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:50.263
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.209
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.232
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.447
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.415
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.660
And I enable persistence 7.894
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 12.894
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.512
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.053
And Tor is ready 12.814
And available upgrades have been checked 0.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.014
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.784
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.085
And I enable persistence 7.492
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 12.389
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.366
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 23.186
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.146
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.782
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 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.064
And I enable persistence 7.578
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.793
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.645
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.976
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009