Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4206 03 Feb 2026, 12:51

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 17:49.903 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
2:33.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:2.353
And I update APT using apt 7.053
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.352
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.175
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:25.129
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.433
And I update APT using apt 6.040
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.427
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.586
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.262
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.446
And I enable persistence 22.115
And I log in to a new session 11.886
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.312
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.889
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.769
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:40.954
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 0.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:24.847
And I update APT using apt 5.312
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.278
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.249
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.555
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 0.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.939
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.181
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.624
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
When I start Synaptic 13.590
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.847
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.548
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.678
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.720
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.228
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 4.084
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.602
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.703
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.943
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.630
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:28.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.916
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 8.958
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.536
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.481
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.793
And I enable persistence 9.308
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 11.838
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.468
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 12.584
And available upgrades have been checked 0.076
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.068
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.671
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.509
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.197
And I enable persistence 8.075
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.396
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.406
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 23.872
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.166
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:16.657
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 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.944
And I enable persistence 7.781
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.080
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 12.267
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.777
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.084
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009