Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4231 14 Feb 2026, 12:05

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 15:53.097 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
1:57.191
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 1:23.124
And I update APT using apt 9.822
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.478
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.942
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 51.200
And I update APT using apt 5.444
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.245
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.849
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.092
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.326
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.196
And I enable persistence 17.560
And I log in to a new session 10.612
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.603
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.676
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.661
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:54.203
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:40.553
And I update APT using apt 5.061
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.255
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.164
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.566
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.572
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.308
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.435
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.646
When I start Synaptic 12.580
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.493
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.008
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.730
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.241
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.522
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.978
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.529
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:52.301
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.360
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 8.955
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.810
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.942
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.525
And I enable persistence 5.878
# 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 0.016
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.410
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.368
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.775
And available upgrades have been checked 0.085
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.118
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.496
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.706
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.740
And I enable persistence 6.611
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.329
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.417
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 22.603
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.892
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.691
And I enable persistence 6.765
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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.925
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.618
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.349
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014