Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4208 04 Feb 2026, 08:15

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 16:8.880 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
1:50.171
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 1:21.004
And I update APT using apt 6.288
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.308
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:29.913
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 1:20.178
And I update APT using apt 5.279
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.073
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.995
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.733
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.502
And I enable persistence 16.116
And I log in to a new session 11.144
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.576
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.632
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.699
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:57.378
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:42.127
And I update APT using apt 4.663
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.249
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.227
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.935
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.763
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.423
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.475
When I start Synaptic 13.851
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.366
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.897
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.587
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.185
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.328
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.913
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.657
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.361
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 8.825
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.965
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.840
And I enable persistence 5.629
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.006
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.323
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.515
And available upgrades have been checked 2.158
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.509
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.537
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.671
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.080
And I enable persistence 5.558
# 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 10.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.709
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 24.444
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.157
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.355
And I enable persistence 7.034
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 9.162
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.386
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.269
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011