Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4207 03 Feb 2026, 20:02

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 15:15.129 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
2:12.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:47.976
And I update APT using apt 5.418
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.131
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.073
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.747
And I update APT using apt 5.465
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.363
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.986
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.478
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.082
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.411
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.731
And I enable persistence 14.613
And I log in to a new session 11.257
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.277
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.776
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.502
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.830
And I update APT using apt 5.096
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.258
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.182
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.928
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 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.571
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.436
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.521
When I start Synaptic 12.782
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.418
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.995
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.511
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.210
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.852
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.329
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.973
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.756
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.460
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.211
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.960
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 9.218
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.004
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.418
And I enable persistence 6.806
# 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
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.223
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.282
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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.786
And available upgrades have been checked 1.082
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.476
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.654
And I enable persistence 6.859
# 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 10.832
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.263
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.233
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.276
And I enable persistence 6.413
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.675
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.406
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.122
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006