Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4229 12 Feb 2026, 11:56

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 15:28.262 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
1:45.929
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 1:19.695
And I update APT using apt 5.999
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.428
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.592
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:18.554
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:17.773
And I update APT using apt 5.162
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.025
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.843
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.172
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.810
And I enable persistence 17.722
And I log in to a new session 10.933
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.258
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.643
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.599
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.023
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.562
And I update APT using apt 4.159
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.319
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.181
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.152
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.753
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.447
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
When I start Synaptic 12.555
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.518
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.856
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.658
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.431
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.582
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.564
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.103
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.895
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.409
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.289
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.907
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 8.436
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.932
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.729
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.248
And I enable persistence 7.005
# 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 0.013
# 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 10.572
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.448
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.097
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.791
And available upgrades have been checked 3.181
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.566
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.532
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.335
And I enable persistence 6.582
# 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 11.023
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.357
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 22.254
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.123
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.927
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 0.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.313
And I enable persistence 6.622
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 10.721
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.377
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.180
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006