Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4220 09 Feb 2026, 18:33

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 14:45.322 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
1:43.290
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 1:17.597
And I update APT using apt 5.939
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.486
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.945
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 47.879
And I update APT using apt 4.417
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.389
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.625
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.159
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.183
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.793
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.837
And I enable persistence 15.669
And I log in to a new session 10.179
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.229
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.693
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.677
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.584
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.242
And I update APT using apt 4.790
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.241
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.178
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.986
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 a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.037
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.213
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.459
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
When I start Synaptic 12.671
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.433
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.070
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.533
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.688
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.270
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.430
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.983
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.525
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.864
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.398
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 8.655
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.705
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.236
And I enable persistence 6.494
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.631
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.341
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.777
And available upgrades have been checked 1.122
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.551
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.317
And I enable persistence 5.741
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 10.471
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.418
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.171
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.135
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.651
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.065
And I enable persistence 5.623
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 10.391
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.388
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.633
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006