Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4215 06 Feb 2026, 08:13

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 14:27.172 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
1:48.435
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 1:19.729
And I update APT using apt 7.600
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.167
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.900
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 52.049
And I update APT using apt 11.908
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.617
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.137
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.270
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.060
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.295
And I enable persistence 13.162
And I log in to a new session 9.090
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.609
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.678
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.479
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.082
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 1:7.283
And I update APT using apt 4.283
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 2.126
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.454
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.625
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.201
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.415
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.448
When I start Synaptic 12.014
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.343
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.778
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.580
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.532
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.178
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.223
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.805
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.389
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.272
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.903
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.674
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.623
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.550
And I enable persistence 5.329
# 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 0.034
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.280
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.649
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.519
And available upgrades have been checked 1.079
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.505
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.950
And I enable persistence 5.566
# 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 9.178
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.359
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.257
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.214
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.432
And I enable persistence 5.358
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 8.941
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.890
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.102
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021