Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4211 04 Feb 2026, 17:25

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 14:9.271 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
1:39.011
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 1:16.138
And I update APT using apt 5.388
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.239
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.879
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.241
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 57.646
And I update APT using apt 4.601
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.270
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.016
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.020
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.588
And I enable persistence 13.882
And I log in to a new session 10.226
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.265
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.683
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.637
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.708
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 a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.638
And I update APT using apt 4.560
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.240
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.155
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.005
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.559
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.748
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.465
When I start Synaptic 12.119
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.394
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.131
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.570
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.548
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.218
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.875
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.802
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.183
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.562
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 8.882
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.636
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.845
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.547
And I enable persistence 5.701
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.032
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.277
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.550
And available upgrades have been checked 2.159
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.480
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 13.022
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.784
And I enable persistence 5.577
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.268
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.249
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.887
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.146
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.121
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.569
And I enable persistence 5.481
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 0.036
And I log in to a new session 9.882
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.504
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.170
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005