Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4237 17 Feb 2026, 14:28

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 16:17.808 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
1:51.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.397
And I update APT using apt 6.355
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.284
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.298
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.174
And I update APT using apt 5.216
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.378
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.539
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.611
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.382
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.294
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.432
And I enable persistence 19.701
And I log in to a new session 10.701
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.403
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.745
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.763
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.710
And I update APT using apt 5.037
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.605
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.282
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:31.434
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:8.576
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.418
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.433
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
When I start Synaptic 12.908
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.927
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.515
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.884
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.237
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.860
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.295
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.485
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.025
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.541
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:6.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.274
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.106
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.311
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.807
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.051
And I enable persistence 7.354
# 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
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 11.846
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 0.060
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.890
And available upgrades have been checked 2.150
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.013
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.983
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.391
And I enable persistence 6.933
# 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 11.905
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.298
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 22.998
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.179
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:14.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.086
And I enable persistence 8.333
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.096
# 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 0.102
And I log in to a new session 13.027
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.300
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.612
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007