Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4240 18 Feb 2026, 12:41

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 20:11.535 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
3:36.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 3:3.962
And I update APT using apt 8.050
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 9.538
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.762
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:4.842
And I update APT using apt 6.266
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.391
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.204
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.544
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.720
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.865
And I enable persistence 25.152
And I log in to a new session 15.325
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.286
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.204
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.905
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:47.165
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 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:30.810
And I update APT using apt 5.404
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.294
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.378
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:47.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:9.610
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.346
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.837
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 2.436
When I start Synaptic 14.719
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.072
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.850
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.650
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.820
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.357
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.929
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.490
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.296
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.061
When I install "cowsay" using apt 6.382
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.565
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:53.387
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.026
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.600
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.512
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.873
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.614
And I enable persistence 9.073
# 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 0.021
# 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 14.460
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.415
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 13.144
And available upgrades have been checked 0.075
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.626
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.468
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.704
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.934
And I enable persistence 9.260
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 13.247
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.417
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 24.264
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.189
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:24.064
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 0.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.520
And I enable persistence 10.323
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.069
# 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 0.119
And I log in to a new session 13.974
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.764
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.483
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009