Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4212 05 Feb 2026, 11:56

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 15:39.334 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
1:50.782
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 1:23.010
And I update APT using apt 6.726
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.910
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.390
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 49.721
And I update APT using apt 5.961
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.354
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.830
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.282
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.327
And I enable persistence 20.943
And I log in to a new session 12.699
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.296
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.671
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.665
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.480
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.956
And I update APT using apt 4.901
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.282
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.159
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.533
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.222
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.499
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.959
When I start Synaptic 12.731
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.618
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.964
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.724
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.365
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.988
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.301
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 9.214
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.952
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.704
And I enable persistence 7.670
# 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
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 10.310
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.389
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.084
And available upgrades have been checked 2.199
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.165
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.817
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.311
And I enable persistence 7.574
# 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 0.028
And I log in to a new session 10.694
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.399
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.230
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.161
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.313
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.044
And I enable persistence 6.570
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 12.067
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.325
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.692
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006