Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4236 17 Feb 2026, 14:24

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 21:13.257 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
2:25.007
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 1:54.176
And I update APT using apt 6.368
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.752
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.590
And I update APT using apt 6.256
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.367
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.945
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 33.334
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.487
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.723
And I enable persistence 37.832
And I log in to a new session 18.242
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.909
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.265
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.756
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:50.802
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:31.334
And I update APT using apt 6.195
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.374
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 6.604
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:48.894
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 0.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.624
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.380
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.722
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.824
When I start Synaptic 15.446
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.157
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 18.531
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.955
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.834
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.257
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.091
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.143
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.319
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.899
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 2.135
When I install "cowsay" using apt 6.595
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.024
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:51.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.988
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.963
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 8.228
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.872
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.342
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.230
And I enable persistence 9.186
# 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 0.031
# 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 0.095
And I log in to a new session 16.672
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.949
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.083
# 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 0.093
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 16.217
And available upgrades have been checked 0.081
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.365
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:3.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.547
And I enable persistence 11.763
# 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 0.026
And I log in to a new session 14.497
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.367
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 27.496
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.151
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:28.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.539
And I enable persistence 10.561
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.064
# 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 0.094
And I log in to a new session 15.887
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.617
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.511
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011