Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4218 08 Feb 2026, 11:43

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 15:1.891 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
1:48.553
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 1:21.360
And I update APT using apt 6.445
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.038
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.674
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 48.021
And I update APT using apt 5.436
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.451
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.689
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.227
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.912
And I enable persistence 16.272
And I log in to a new session 10.393
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.670
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.738
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.733
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.557
And I update APT using apt 4.838
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.354
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.242
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.014
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.033
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.662
When I start Synaptic 12.270
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.650
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.030
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.758
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.662
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.353
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.347
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.091
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.232
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.477
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.967
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.594
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.830
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.929
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.530
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.161
And I enable persistence 6.630
# 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 0.010
# 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 11.961
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.325
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.938
And available upgrades have been checked 3.277
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.511
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.683
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.895
And I enable persistence 5.625
# 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 11.877
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.422
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.122
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.164
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.517
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.428
And I enable persistence 6.976
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.305
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.751
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.415
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006