Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4242 19 Feb 2026, 12:05

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 15:24.208 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
1:54.694
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.723
And I update APT using apt 8.458
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.343
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.348
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.782
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.777
And I update APT using apt 5.936
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.253
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.092
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.277
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.962
And I enable persistence 16.838
And I log in to a new session 9.943
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.206
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.621
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.629
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.806
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 0.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.956
And I update APT using apt 5.079
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.316
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.157
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.442
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.431
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
When I start Synaptic 12.319
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.605
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.634
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.892
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.574
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.916
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.764
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.357
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.893
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.512
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.091
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.282
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.676
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.038
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.665
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.827
And I enable persistence 7.106
# 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 10.244
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.583
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.389
And available upgrades have been checked 1.137
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.011
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.717
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.799
And I enable persistence 6.652
# 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 10.956
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.662
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.205
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.159
And I enable persistence 5.788
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 11.117
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.730
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.195
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007