Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4232 15 Feb 2026, 11:55

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 16:3.541 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
1:51.247
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 1:22.458
And I update APT using apt 6.953
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.973
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.259
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.714
And I update APT using apt 5.662
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.319
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 8.945
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.605
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.363
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.030
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.599
And I enable persistence 18.399
And I log in to a new session 10.566
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.411
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.737
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.734
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.437
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 an administration password 1:12.752
And I update APT using apt 5.134
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.252
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.155
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.120
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.443
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.504
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
When I start Synaptic 12.482
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.547
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.904
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.412
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.379
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.755
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.623
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.446
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.959
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:28.078
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.608
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.398
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.844
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.999
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.509
And I enable persistence 6.717
# 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 0.011
# 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 10.203
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.491
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.996
And available upgrades have been checked 2.175
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.498
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.685
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.558
And I enable persistence 6.839
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.801
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.344
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.626
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.123
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.398
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.552
And I enable persistence 5.670
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.947
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.494
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.204
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014