Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4230 13 Feb 2026, 11:49

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 15:21.018 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
1:47.946
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:20.606
And I update APT using apt 6.407
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.324
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.534
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.731
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 47.985
And I update APT using apt 5.272
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.219
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.059
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.230
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.523
And I enable persistence 17.026
And I log in to a new session 12.098
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.290
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.713
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.665
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.099
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.708
And I update APT using apt 5.748
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.315
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.176
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.682
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.080
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.238
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.556
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
When I start Synaptic 12.460
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.453
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.738
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.265
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.680
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.941
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.449
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.587
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.069
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.435
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.182
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.767
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.613
And I enable persistence 6.779
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.976
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.331
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.769
And available upgrades have been checked 2.204
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.531
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.844
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.484
And I enable persistence 6.931
# 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 11.270
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.755
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.093
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.193
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.970
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 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.322
And I enable persistence 6.814
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 12.708
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.473
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.950
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008