Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4244 21 Feb 2026, 12:02

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 17:6.808 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
2:29.304
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:57.902
And I update APT using apt 9.257
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.407
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.854
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:19.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 59.070
And I update APT using apt 6.086
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.405
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.197
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.740
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.198
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.459
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.909
And I enable persistence 20.988
And I log in to a new session 12.624
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.524
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.856
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.790
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.554
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.576
And I update APT using apt 5.070
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.348
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.315
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:22.432
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 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.444
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.496
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.602
When I start Synaptic 13.991
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.969
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.206
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.618
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.751
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.561
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.294
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.297
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.021
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.529
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.589
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:11.146
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 2.880
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.650
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.839
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.481
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.411
And I enable persistence 7.619
# 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 0.023
# 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 12.689
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 12.661
And available upgrades have been checked 0.077
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.411
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.899
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.534
And I enable persistence 7.321
# 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 0.026
And I log in to a new session 12.292
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.211
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 17.835
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.078
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.390
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 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.365
And I enable persistence 7.778
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.060
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 1.894
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.899
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009