Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4245 22 Feb 2026, 12:19

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 18:35.964 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
3:52.189
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 1:53.989
And I update APT using apt 8.796
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.394
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.411
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 1:38.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 29.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.887
And I update APT using apt 6.169
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.917
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.351
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.293
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.525
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.818
And I enable persistence 20.548
And I log in to a new session 12.320
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.213
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.823
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.751
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.710
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:20.809
And I update APT using apt 5.128
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.281
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.236
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:37.676
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 0.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:12.223
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.571
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.706
When I start Synaptic 13.156
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.810
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.250
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.667
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.580
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.711
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.596
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.715
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.925
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.602
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:7.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:28.355
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.882
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.919
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.837
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.513
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.391
And I enable persistence 7.517
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 11.664
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.603
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.081
And Tor is ready 12.333
And available upgrades have been checked 1.148
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.226
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.517
And I enable persistence 7.760
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.993
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 18.116
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.765
And I enable persistence 7.292
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.652
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.852
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.089
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011