Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4233 16 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 15:28.112 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
1:44.488
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 1:18.206
And I update APT using apt 5.989
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.364
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.255
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.641
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.826
And I update APT using apt 5.780
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.464
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.193
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.172
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.992
And I enable persistence 15.370
And I log in to a new session 9.500
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.327
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.676
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.672
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.925
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" and I login with an administration password 1:8.663
And I update APT using apt 4.710
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.249
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.201
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.505
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.744
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.225
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
When I start Synaptic 12.274
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.528
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.795
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.793
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.669
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.248
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.955
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.575
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:29.698
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.629
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 8.673
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.982
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.070
And I enable persistence 6.735
# 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 0.053
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 12.131
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.340
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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.960
And available upgrades have been checked 2.172
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.028
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.548
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.018
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.389
And I enable persistence 7.182
# 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 11.498
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.423
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.158
And Tor is ready 22.484
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.150
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.094
And I enable persistence 6.798
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.717
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.212
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.375
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009