Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4228 11 Feb 2026, 20:46

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 16:18.446 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
1:51.707
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.596
And I update APT using apt 6.482
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.351
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.161
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.178
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 50.621
And I update APT using apt 6.006
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.243
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.647
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.335
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.006
And I enable persistence 20.889
And I log in to a new session 10.503
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.779
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.799
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.760
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.714
And I update APT using apt 5.957
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.376
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.248
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 10.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.483
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.403
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.828
When I start Synaptic 13.243
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.198
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.133
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.857
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.243
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.899
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.493
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.129
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.106
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.247
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.191
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.261
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.959
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.424
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.833
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.608
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.075
And I enable persistence 8.362
# 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 0.024
# 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 11.810
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.837
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.443
And available upgrades have been checked 2.296
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.608
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.667
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.062
And I enable persistence 7.112
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 13.536
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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.488
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.178
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:16.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.817
And I enable persistence 7.332
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 13.014
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.576
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.343
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007