Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4243 20 Feb 2026, 12:20

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 19:12.065 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
2:19.886
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:48.326
And I update APT using apt 7.825
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.323
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.142
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 52.204
And I update APT using apt 5.934
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.406
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.690
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.511
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.630
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.941
And I enable persistence 26.567
And I log in to a new session 15.982
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.705
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.107
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.747
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:38.444
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.364
And I update APT using apt 5.200
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.338
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.287
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:32.316
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.318
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.411
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.682
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I start Synaptic 14.417
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.900
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.738
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.686
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.845
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.263
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.036
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.877
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.271
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.263
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.207
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.251
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.671
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:5.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.128
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.869
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.632
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.830
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.103
And I enable persistence 7.777
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 13.442
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.295
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.097
# 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 0.081
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 14.629
And available upgrades have been checked 0.086
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.801
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.026
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:3.004
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.072
And I enable persistence 8.459
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 13.474
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 18.143
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.834
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.095
And I enable persistence 8.626
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 11.778
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.880
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.077
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010