Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4216 06 Feb 2026, 11:46

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 15:12.209 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
1:52.358
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.878
And I update APT using apt 8.289
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.326
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.662
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.206
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 52.133
And I update APT using apt 7.438
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.432
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.314
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.127
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.711
And I enable persistence 16.820
And I log in to a new session 10.869
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.236
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.770
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.742
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.477
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.394
And I update APT using apt 4.518
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.268
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.165
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.888
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.391
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.520
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.585
When I start Synaptic 12.395
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.539
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.834
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.696
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.643
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.174
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.658
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.818
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.429
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.643
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.920
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 8.245
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.727
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.140
And I enable persistence 6.665
# 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
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.011
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.441
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.477
And available upgrades have been checked 1.097
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.061
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.312
And I enable persistence 5.894
# 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 10.698
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.346
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.327
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.635
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.043
And I enable persistence 6.724
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.094
# 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 0.100
And I log in to a new session 11.210
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.661
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.369
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006