Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4217 07 Feb 2026, 11:52

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 15:34.524 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
1:47.751
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.002
And I update APT using apt 6.652
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.364
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.637
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.411
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 48.322
And I update APT using apt 5.960
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.996
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.734
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.168
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.831
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.485
And I enable persistence 17.090
And I log in to a new session 12.131
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.611
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.746
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.801
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.561
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.118
And I update APT using apt 4.421
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.478
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.393
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.284
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.564
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.206
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.518
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
When I start Synaptic 12.728
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.544
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.335
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.777
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.925
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.864
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.271
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.152
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.270
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.706
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:2.182
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.906
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 8.717
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.008
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.192
And I enable persistence 5.499
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 12.382
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.452
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.304
And available upgrades have been checked 2.213
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.087
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.614
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.264
And I enable persistence 7.181
# 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 11.998
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.312
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.562
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.171
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.332
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.826
And I enable persistence 6.679
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.903
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.625
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.680
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008