Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4227 11 Feb 2026, 12:15

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 15:11.870 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
2:13.116
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 1:45.600
And I update APT using apt 7.924
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.332
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.463
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 1:3.715
And I update APT using apt 5.693
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
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 17.967
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.115
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.724
And I enable persistence 14.242
And I log in to a new session 10.202
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.189
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.635
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.589
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.574
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" and I login with an administration password 1:8.903
And I update APT using apt 4.139
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.238
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.166
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.115
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.940
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.494
When I start Synaptic 12.475
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.488
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.013
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.231
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.553
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.222
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.392
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.861
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.479
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.130
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.662
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 8.380
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.628
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.338
And I enable persistence 7.060
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 9.490
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.329
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.769
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.579
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.522
And I enable persistence 6.318
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.448
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.382
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 23.008
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.469
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.200
And I enable persistence 6.637
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.520
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.520
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.017
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006