Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4238 17 Feb 2026, 15:06

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 15:47.626 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
1:54.125
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.299
And I update APT using apt 6.900
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.183
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.635
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.883
And I update APT using apt 4.875
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.402
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.644
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.850
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.151
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.753
And I enable persistence 20.579
And I log in to a new session 12.287
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.328
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.818
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 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.353
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 0.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.343
And I update APT using apt 5.359
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.276
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.169
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:11.086
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.240
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.513
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.698
When I start Synaptic 12.990
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.714
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.977
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.596
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.782
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.166
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.418
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.014
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:4.225
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:24.511
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 8.624
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.991
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.473
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.689
And I enable persistence 6.868
# 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 0.011
# 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 12.700
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.319
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.218
And available upgrades have been checked 2.208
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.040
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.603
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.763
And I enable persistence 6.791
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 12.542
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.424
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.539
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.168
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.200
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.326
And I enable persistence 6.710
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.326
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.023
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.198
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020