Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4225 10 Feb 2026, 16:25

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 15:20.830 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
1:48.710
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 1:19.358
And I update APT using apt 6.921
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.931
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.129
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 1:3.944
And I update APT using apt 6.443
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.356
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.307
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.692
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.337
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.377
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.009
And I enable persistence 15.571
And I log in to a new session 12.175
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.254
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.747
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.658
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.181
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.848
And I update APT using apt 4.794
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.247
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.780
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.840
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.522
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.524
When I start Synaptic 12.385
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.446
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.614
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.592
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.241
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.347
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.233
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.885
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.208
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.514
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.120
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.071
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 8.504
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.886
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.389
And I enable persistence 6.982
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 10.563
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.351
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.081
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.058
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.234
And I enable persistence 6.592
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.737
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.780
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 24.751
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.907
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.170
And I enable persistence 7.302
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.078
And I log in to a new session 9.700
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.683
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.327
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009