Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4209 04 Feb 2026, 13:00

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 21:9.436 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
2:36.509
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 1:57.998
And I update APT using apt 8.338
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.689
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 8.314
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 15.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 11.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
6:36.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 1:19.478
And I update APT using apt 14.471
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 12.194
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.123
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 1:30.253
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.287
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 35.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:11.400
And I enable persistence 1:5.590
And I log in to a new session 12.189
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.285
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.978
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.818
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:23.018
And I update APT using apt 5.578
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.312
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.160
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:27.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.758
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.671
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.695
When I start Synaptic 13.381
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.162
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.122
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.620
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.645
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.324
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.358
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.832
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.996
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.073
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:33.715
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.311
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 8.585
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.494
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.851
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.327
And I enable persistence 7.481
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 12.670
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.427
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.079
# 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 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 13.143
And available upgrades have been checked 1.123
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.663
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.157
And I enable persistence 8.747
# 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 13.405
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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 23.417
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.140
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.550
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.664
And I enable persistence 8.203
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 11.978
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.084
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.843
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008