Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4223 10 Feb 2026, 08:40

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 16:3.088 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
1:54.487
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 1:19.905
And I update APT using apt 6.621
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 9.377
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.609
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 52.657
And I update APT using apt 6.114
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.316
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 7.416
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 27.767
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.084
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.803
And I enable persistence 14.268
And I log in to a new session 9.903
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.262
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.619
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.639
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:51.408
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:38.550
And I update APT using apt 4.342
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.225
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.461
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.308
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.202
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.451
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
When I start Synaptic 12.147
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.385
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.386
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.652
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.507
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.109
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.781
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.446
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.225
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.587
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 8.207
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.761
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.750
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.849
And I enable persistence 5.250
# 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
# 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 8.980
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.404
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 41.816
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.452
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.527
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.836
And I enable persistence 5.381
# 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 8.544
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.281
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.351
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.100
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.896
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.627
And I enable persistence 5.550
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 9.494
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.560
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.116
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006