Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4224 10 Feb 2026, 11:18

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 14:21.315 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
1:41.989
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.551
And I update APT using apt 5.250
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.351
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.704
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 46.965
And I update APT using apt 5.325
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.352
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.887
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 3.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.013
And I enable persistence 16.628
And I log in to a new session 9.452
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.296
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.601
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.596
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.040
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.395
And I update APT using apt 4.077
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.265
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.182
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.991
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.197
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.408
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
When I start Synaptic 12.305
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.531
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.820
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.581
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.619
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.200
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.115
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.840
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.505
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.535
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.396
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 9.189
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.022
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.796
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.030
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.793
And I enable persistence 5.767
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.655
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.303
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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.155
And available upgrades have been checked 2.146
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.420
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.606
And I enable persistence 5.797
# 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 0.033
And I log in to a new session 9.025
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.347
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.756
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.155
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.053
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.943
And I enable persistence 5.427
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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.776
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.437
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.954
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031