Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4235 17 Feb 2026, 12:00

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 15:17.262 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
1:50.525
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.476
And I update APT using apt 9.645
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.966
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.953
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.804
And I update APT using apt 20.873
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.638
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.374
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.991
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.207
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.464
And I enable persistence 15.883
And I log in to a new session 9.889
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.311
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.675
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.612
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.328
And I update APT using apt 4.923
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.272
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.722
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.687
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.476
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
When I start Synaptic 12.260
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.516
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.837
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.682
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.477
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.307
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.189
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.923
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.468
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.660
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.270
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.595
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.930
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.720
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.891
And I enable persistence 5.949
# 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 0.028
# 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 9.274
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.345
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.027
And available upgrades have been checked 1.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.949
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 22.463
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.955
And I enable persistence 5.935
# 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 9.580
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.337
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.962
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.123
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.962
And I enable persistence 5.367
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.019
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.599
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.062
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007