Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4239 18 Feb 2026, 09:22

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 14:27.801 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
1:47.236
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 1:20.030
And I update APT using apt 6.958
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.301
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.226
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.375
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.492
And I update APT using apt 4.921
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.016
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.030
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.106
And I enable persistence 14.430
And I log in to a new session 9.811
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.233
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.620
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.754
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 a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.968
And I update APT using apt 4.248
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.159
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.932
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.002
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.143
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.652
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.475
When I start Synaptic 12.200
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.155
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.438
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.549
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.566
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.517
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.212
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.766
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.391
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.490
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 a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.542
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.671
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.603
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.163
And I enable persistence 5.636
# 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 0.030
# 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 8.556
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.623
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.739
And available upgrades have been checked 2.183
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.497
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.515
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.013
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.019
And I enable persistence 5.480
# 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 10.775
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.120
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.012
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.035
And I enable persistence 5.850
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.415
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.143
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.037
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005