Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4213 05 Feb 2026, 15:15

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 15:55.022 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
1:57.278
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.089
And I update APT using apt 7.938
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.336
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.712
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:17.550
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.347
And I update APT using apt 11.408
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 8.036
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.543
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.162
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.166
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.851
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.485
And I enable persistence 17.913
And I log in to a new session 10.419
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.356
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.838
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.767
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.444
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.587
And I update APT using apt 5.163
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.280
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.233
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.545
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.552
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.183
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.508
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.623
When I start Synaptic 12.943
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.984
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.692
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.652
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.699
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.477
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.984
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.219
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 8.376
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.966
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.709
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.788
And I enable persistence 6.711
# 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 0.016
# 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 10.803
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.425
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.443
And available upgrades have been checked 1.132
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.534
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.761
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.776
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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.413
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.383
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.996
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.185
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.193
And I enable persistence 7.080
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 9.392
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.627
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.662
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016