Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4214 05 Feb 2026, 15:17

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 15:22.355 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
1:50.241
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.791
And I update APT using apt 6.404
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.376
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.484
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.319
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.952
And I update APT using apt 5.901
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.070
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.708
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.190
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.863
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.482
And I enable persistence 17.245
And I log in to a new session 11.422
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.285
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.895
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.761
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.250
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.137
And I update APT using apt 4.317
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.392
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.249
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.644
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.568
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.297
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.559
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.681
When I start Synaptic 12.657
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.698
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.237
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.555
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.613
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.788
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.380
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.890
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.513
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.664
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.891
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.159
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.888
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.553
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.795
And I enable persistence 7.037
# 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
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 12.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.424
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.468
And available upgrades have been checked 2.218
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.978
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.492
And I enable persistence 6.954
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.880
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.370
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.820
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.155
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.234
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.725
And I enable persistence 7.094
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.061
# 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 10.171
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.211
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.427
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010