Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4210 04 Feb 2026, 14:25

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 15:13.715 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
1:45.599
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 1:19.127
And I update APT using apt 6.853
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.883
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:40.172
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.351
And I update APT using apt 5.727
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.263
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.517
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.395
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.205
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.010
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.302
And I enable persistence 16.306
And I log in to a new session 10.273
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.329
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.618
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:55.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:41.886
And I update APT using apt 4.936
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.227
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.165
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.681
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 0.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.587
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.311
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.490
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.550
When I start Synaptic 12.541
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.381
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.803
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.647
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.596
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.276
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.968
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.857
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.573
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.079
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 a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.552
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.011
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.774
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.154
And I enable persistence 7.028
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.081
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 10.319
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.192
And available upgrades have been checked 1.095
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.130
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.782
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.899
And I enable persistence 7.405
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 10.069
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.466
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.293
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.180
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.819
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 0.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.486
And I enable persistence 5.666
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.662
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.266
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.134
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006