Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4234 16 Feb 2026, 13:48

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 15:57.460 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
1:48.657
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 1:21.734
And I update APT using apt 6.291
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.285
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.547
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:26.675
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 1:19.973
And I update APT using apt 5.313
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.647
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.234
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.627
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.090
And I enable persistence 18.485
And I log in to a new session 10.366
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.388
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.769
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.793
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.017
And I update APT using apt 4.475
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.244
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.204
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.029
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.978
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.522
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.638
When I start Synaptic 13.033
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.854
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.040
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.021
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.815
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.191
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.768
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.476
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.988
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.644
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.973
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.673
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.352
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.835
And I enable persistence 6.656
# 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
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.916
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.427
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.360
And available upgrades have been checked 2.207
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.010
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.539
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.631
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.019
And I enable persistence 7.994
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 11.963
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.408
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 22.800
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.665
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 a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.521
And I enable persistence 7.774
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.078
# 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 0.087
And I log in to a new session 9.703
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.192
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.769
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007